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infant-caregiver communication  

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  • Before infants use words, they engage in rich communication with their caregivers through gestures, vocalizations, emotional expressions, and in other ways. This entry describes the development of infant-caregiver communication during the first 2 years of life, including the baby's grasp of interactive practices, and how developing communication is influenced by the child's growing awareness of the adult as a psychological being who communicates and receives communication from the baby. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Relationships; Infant-caregiver Communication]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/infant-caregiver_communication

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