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... Representation begins in the third level when infants extract meaning from their physical and social worlds, and re-present it in action (i.e., mimesis). In mimesis infants are nonintentionally re-presenting the meanings they encounter in their worlds through actions (see Donald, 1991;Nelson, 2007 for extended discussions). This ability develops rapidly toward the end of infancy and Introduction 253 takes various forms, including imitation, gestures and early words. ...
September 1993
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