The general theme addressed in this volume concerns how enactments of cultural understandings in social interactions form the fabric of individual experience and the specificities of individual development.

Acknowledgments List of Contributors Foreword Introduction: Communication, Meaning and Development: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Part I. The Organization of Communication: Intersubjectivity and Alterity in Human Communication Emotion Within Situated Activity Language and Communication--What Develops? Determining the Role of Language Practices for a Theory of Development Part II. The Origins of Communication: Preverbal Communication: Emergence of Representative Symbols Infant into Conversant: Language and Nonlanguage Processes in Developing Early Communication Words Don't Tell All: Some Thoughts On Early Communication Development Verbal and Nonverbal Contributions to Early Representation: Evidence from African American Toddlers Part III. The Emergence of Self in Communication: Groundwork for a Holistic View of the Ontogenesis of Representation Language and the Construction of Self Adolescents' Public Discussion and Collective Identity Author Index Subject Index

The Advances in Applied Developmental Psychology series was inaugurated to complement the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology by providing an extended context in which to report on current research in applied developmental psychology. The mission of the Series is to present the behavioral and social science communities in-depth discussions of current issues facing professionals engaged in the application of behavioral knowledge to the real-life arenas in which they are engaged. The volumes may be single author or edited volumes, describing programs of research that have demonstrated value or propose new directions. Volumes have already addressed an array of areas such as preschool education, language and communication, parent education, and community education, among others.