… We have suggested that human infants' experience of their own autonomic grunts …
development of grunt communication is time-locked with a shift in referential ability in human infants. …

… We propose that grunt vocalization may play an important role in human infants' progress …
This unexpected finding motivated the work reported by McCune (1992) and our analysis. …

… We propose that grunt vocalization may play an important role in human infants' progress …
This unexpected finding motivated the work reported by McCune (1992) and our analysis. …

… onset has been shown to predict the transition to reference (McCune et al., 1996). Our
results point to the onset of … Grunt communication is part of the repertoire of human infant …

… grunt communication as an effective intervention strategy. This study investigates the
relationship of grunt communication … (1996), we decided to design the current project utilizing the …

… In the 1996 investigation of the potential role of the grunt in human language acquisition, …
according to the procedure followed in the study of grunt communication by McCune et al. (…

… How did human language evolve from earlier forms of communication? One way to address
… , the grunt is not affectively bound. Affective decoupling is a prerequisite for chimpanzee …

… communication. We focused on two call types, the … in grunts evolved before the split between
Pan and Homo lineages, we examined the vocal behavior of six wild chimpanzee infants …

… Human infants initially differ little from other … human primates, the human call repertoire
consists of a few basic call types, such as grunts, cries, screams, or laughter (MCCUNE et al. 1996…

… Human speech differs from vocal communication of other mammals in that we alone … J�rgens
1976; 1979b); hence its contribution to primitive vocalization in moneys and human infants. …