01:830:331 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9.4: African American Vernacular English
1 Apr 2017
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Parents often structure a conversation around a baby"s early sounds, even when those sounds lack any obvious communicative intent (they often alternate roles of speaker and listener) Soon after 1 year olds begin to speak, parents encourage them to participate in conversational turn-taking they often carry both sides of a conversation to demonstrate the role of speaker and listener. Caregivers scaffold youngsters" attempts to converse, making it more likely that children will succeed however, such early conversation is not universal. In some non-western culture, preverbal infants are not considered appropriate conversational partners, so adults don"t talk to them. By age 2, spontaneous turn-taking is common in conversations between child and adult. At about 10 months, children first deliberately attempt to communicate. They may touch/point to an object while simultaneously looking at another person. Beginning at 10 months, they make noises to capture an adult"s attention, and the pointing indicates what the baby wants.
