Nonverbal vocal communication : comparative and developmental approaches

Title
  1. Nonverbal vocal communication : comparative and developmental approaches / edited by Hanuš Papoušek, Uwe Jürgens, Mechthild Papoušek.
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  1. Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press ; Paris : Editions de la Maison des sciences de l'homme, 1992.

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  1. Papoušek, Hanuš
  2. Jürgens, Uwe
  3. Papoušek, Mechthild
Description
  1. xvi, 303 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
  1. Speech, verbally mediated consciousness, and culture most evidently differentiate people from animals. Moreover, verbal communication has historically been viewed as a human attribute. Yet, the biological precursors to verbal communication exist in animal communication: Obvious links have been found between human and animal nonverbal vocal communication. Knowledge of these links contribute to our understanding of three major theoretical and clinical issues: the evolution of vocal communication, the process of speech acquisition during infancy, and the pathways of disorders in communicative development. In Nonverbal Vocal Communication specialists from several disciplines review the present knowledge on neural substrates of vocal communication, on primate vocal communication, and on precursors and prerequisites of human speech. Among other points, the book illustrates that animal vocal signals, particularly in primates, appear to be much more complex than mere expressions of affective states. The nonverbal communication data are complemented by comparative and developmental research of the preverbal period of human vocal communication. Studies of speech acquisition, biological adaptation, and environmental support to speech yield a complex picture of interrelations between biogenetic and environmental factors. The new evidence that parents--without knowing--are well-fitted for supporting infant communicative development is astonishing. Their capacities represent a primary, biological model of didactic educational support. Nonverbal Communication provides a forum for consideration of phylogenetic and ontogenetic continuities and precursors of verbal communication that will allow for critical interpretation of speech acquisition.
Series statement
  1. Studies in emotion and social interaction
Uniform title
  1. Studies in emotion and social interaction
Subject
  1. Nonverbal communication in children
  2. Interpersonal communication in children
  3. Parent and child
  4. Psychology, Comparative
  5. Children > Language
  6. Nonverbal communication
  7. Children
  8. Infants
  9. Sound production by animals
  10. Child Language
  11. Nonverbal Communication
  12. Child
  13. Infant
  14. Interpersonal Relations
  15. Parent-Child Relations
  16. Psychology, Comparative
  17. Vocalization, Animal
  18. children (people by age group)
  19. infants
  20. Social, group or collective psychology
  21. Psychology
  22. Sound production by animals
  23. Nonverbal communication
  24. Infants
  25. Children > Language
  26. Children
  27. Interpersonal communication in children
  28. Nonverbal communication in children
  29. Parent and child
  30. Entwicklungspsychologie
  31. Kind
  32. Nichtverbale Kommunikation
  33. Nichtverbale Äußerung
  34. Primaten
  35. Spracherwerb
  36. Vergleichende Psychologie
  37. Aufsatzsammlung
  38. Non-verbale communicatie
  39. Kinderen
  40. Psychologische aspecten
  41. Comunicacao nao verbal
  42. Psicologia da crianca
  43. Psicologia comparada
  44. Animal communication
  45. Oral communication
  46. Communication non verbale
  47. Psychologie comparée
  48. Parents et enfants
  49. Communication non-verbale chez l'enfant
  50. Nichtverbale Äusserung
Contents
  1. The evolution of vocal communication / Detlev W. Ploog -- On the neurobiology of vocal communication / Uwe Jürgens -- Vocal affect expression as symptom, symbol, and appeal / Klaus R. Scherer -- Animal signals : motivational, referential, or both? / Peter Marler, Christopher S. Evans, and Marc D. Hauser -- Noncategorical vocal communication in primates : the example of common marmoset phee calls / John D. Newman and Philipp Goedeking -- Categorical vocal signaling in nonhuman primates / Michael J. Owren, Robert M. Seyfarth, and Steven L. Hopp -- Vocal development in nonhuman primates / David Symmes and Maxeen Biben -- No language but a cry / Barry M. Lester and C.F. Zachariah Boukydis -- Development of vocal signaling in human infants : toward a methodology for cross-species vocalization comparisons / D. Kimbrough Oller and Rebecca E. Eilers -- Disorders of vocal signaling in children / Hedwig Amorosa -- Didactic interactions : intuitive parental support of vocal and verbal development in human infants / Hanuš Papoušek and Marc H. Bornstein -- Early ontogeny of vocal communication in parent-infant interactions / Mechthild Papoušek -- Meaningful melodies in mothers' speech to infants / Anne Fernald.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.