| old_uid | 10369 |
|---|---|
| title | Being Addressed |
| start_date | 2011/11/14 |
| schedule | 14h-16h |
| online | no |
| location_info | salle des Actes |
| summary | In order to learn from others by communication, human infants must interpret certain acts as communicative in nature. We propose that there are at least two ways by which infants are prepared to receive information from others. First, they possess a skeletal format for representing communicative intentions, which are understood as second-order intentions referring some further informative intentions. Setting up such representations is triggered by the reception of ostensive signals, such as eye contact and special intonation, and some of these signals are innately specified. Second, infants assume the referential nature of the signals coming from the source of ostension. Thus, while they have to learn how (verbal and non-verbal) signals refer, they do not have to discover that they do so. We present empirical evidence supporting both proposals. |
| responsibles | Lesguillons |