What's the point?

imperative, declarative and metonymic oh my!

TL; DR: just see the point(s) ☟

Humans learn to point around 15 months of age (related to language development), first using their whole hand, then, three months later, by extending their index finger. Infants first do imperative pointing (for example, to ask for a toy too far away or a sweet they want), and declarative pointing, (i.e. to indicate someth…