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Introduction to the Special Issue on Nonverbal Vocal Communication in Development.

Nonverbal vocal aspects of communication, often related to affective states, are crucial to social interactions not only for animals but also for humans during early infancy, as well as being one of the pillars of human language development and acquisition. The thread that binds together the contrib...

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Published in:Journal of Nonverbal Behavior Vol. 44; no. 4; pp. 391 - 395
Main Authors: Filippa, Manuela, Grandjean, Didier
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Dec2020
Subjects:
Interpersonal relations
Language acquisition
Nonverbal communication
Social skills
Human voice
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:Nonverbal vocal aspects of communication, often related to affective states, are crucial to social interactions not only for animals but also for humans during early infancy, as well as being one of the pillars of human language development and acquisition. The thread that binds together the contributions to this Special Issue is the analysis of nonverbal vocal communication during development, both from ontogenetic and phylogenetic perspectives. This introduction presents the multiple viewpoints emerging from this Special Issue and delineates future research directions for investigating the nonverbal aspects of vocal communication in early development.