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Timing in mother-infant communications: a comment on Murray & Trevarthen (1986)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

Gordon Elias  and
Jack Broerse
Gordon Elias*
Affiliation:
Brisbane College of Advanced Education
Jack Broerse*
Affiliation:
University of Queensland
*
Department of Psychology and Special Education, Brisbane College of Advanced Education, P.O. Box 82, Mount Gravatt, Queensland 4122, Australia
Department of Psychology, University of Queensland, St Lucia 4067, Australia.
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Abstract

Murray & Trevarthen (1986) experimentally manipulated the behaviours of mothers and infants in an attempt to determine who is responsible for the fine temporal patterning during vocal engagements. In the present note it is argued that the measures of content and style of maternal talk used by Murray and Trevarthen do not directly indicate the ways in which the behaviours of the partners are combined on a moment-to-moment basis.

Type
Notes and Discussion
Information
Journal of Child Language , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , October 1989 , pp. 703 - 706
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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