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Iverson, Jana M.; And Others – Cognitive Development, 1994
Explored the interplay between gestures and words in the early vocabulary of 12 normally developing Italian children at 16 and 20 months of age. Focused on spontaneous production of verbal and gestural types and tokens to assess the diversity and semantic content of the verbal and gestural vocabularies. Results indicated that gestures were used…
Descriptors: Body Language, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition