Le développement des compétences référentielles : gestes, mots et expressions de 9 mois à 5 ans

Over the first 5 years of life children become increasingly effective communicators and remarkably aware of the co-operative nature of communication. Much of the driving force for these developments comes from the scaffolding provided by caregivers and the child's motivation to engage in and repair communicative exchanges. This review charts the development of reference and presents examples from studies of infants' gestural and verbal development and pre-schoolers' comprehension and production of referring expressions.