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Historicity in development: Abbreviation in mother-infant communication

Historicidad y desarrollo: abreviación en la comunicación madre-infante

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Pages 195-203 | Published online: 23 Jan 2014
 

Abstract

Human development entails the establishment, widening, and abbreviation of new behavioural and psychological phenomena. This leads to the central role of historicity in developmental science—a look at presently happening events in terms of their constructive borrowing from the past and anticipation of the future. We provide an empirical example of the process of abbreviation in mother-infant communication, and we analyse and discuss the characteristic transformation achievement encapsulated by this developmental step. The abbreviated format, abstract from its specific content of dyadic actions, emerges from the past history and projects into the future through the construction of the seeds of a “sign-manufacturer' in early communication process.

Resumen

El desarrollo humano conlleva el establecimiento, la extensión y la abreviación de nuevos fenómenos comportamentales y psicológicos. Esto conduce al papel central de la historicidad en la ciencia del desarrollo—una mirada a los acontecimientos actuales en términos de su préstamo constructivo del pasado y anticipación del future—. Presentamos un ejemplo empírico del proceso de abreviación en la comunicación madre-hijo/a; y analizamos y comentamos la adquisición de una transformación característica encapsulada en este avance evolutivo. El formato abreviado, abstracto en su contenido especifico de acciones diádicas, emerge de la historia pasada y se proyecta en el futuro a través de la construcción de la semilla de un “fabricante de signos” en los procesos de comunicación temprana.

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