ABSTRACT
In the two preceding chapters, we discussed the ontogenesis of naming in two media of representation, the motor-gestural and the vocal-articulatory. An attempt was made to show that there is, ontogenetically, an increasing differentiation between the external form of the symbol (the vehicle) and the contents represented by that vehicle. As we noted, one of the chief manifestations of this increasing differentiation is the ever-widening distance in substance and quality between vehicle and referent.
