Gestures in language development

Gestures are prevalent in communication and tightly linked to language and speech. As such they can shed important light on issues of language development across the lifespan. This volume, originally published as a Special Issue of Gesture Volume 8:2 (2008), brings together studies from different di...

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Otros Autores: Gullberg, Marianne (-), De Bot, Kees
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co 2010.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Benjamins current topics ; v. 28.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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  • Gestures in Language Development; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; About the Authors; Preface; Gestures and some key issues in the study of language development; Before L1; The relationship between spontaneous gesture production and spoken lexical ability in children with Down syndrome in a naming task; The effect of gestures on second language memorisation by young children; Gesture and information structure in first and second language; Gesture viewpoint in Japanese and English; Author index; Subject index; The series Benjamins Current Topics.