Jones-Zimmerman2003

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Jones-Zimmerman2003
BibType ARTICLE
Key Jones-Zimmerman2003
Author(s) Sarah E. Jones, Don H. Zimmerman
Title A child’s point and the achievement of intentionality
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Tag(s) EMCA, pointing, intentionality, child development, language socialization, interaction
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Year 2003
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Journal Gesture
Volume 3
Number 2
Pages 155–185
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DOI 10.1075/gest.3.2.03jon
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Abstract

This paper examines the intentionality of very young children’s communicative action by looking at interactional sequences that are touched off by a child’s point. Young children use points and vocalizations, including “proto words,” to orient to some feature of their situation in a manner that makes relevant a response by the caregiver. These gestures initiate interactional sequences through which the caregiver locates a candidate specification of the point’s target. The child’s point is oriented to by caregivers as a recognizable action directed to some end. We suggest that intentionality, is a feature of participants’ production and recognition of actions becomes visible in interaction between the child and the caregiver as it unfolds in a particular situation. The electronic edition of this article includes audio-visual data.

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