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Direct linkMathew, Mili; Yuen, Ivan; Demuth, Katherine – First Language, 2018
Children are known to use different types of referential gestures (e.g., deictic, iconic) from a very young age. In contrast, their use of non-referential gestures is not well established. This study investigated the use of "stroke-defined non-referential" 'beat' gestures in a story-retelling and an exposition task by twelve 6-year-olds,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Nonverbal Communication, Intonation, Phonology
Kelly, Barbara F.; Forshaw, William; Nordlinger, Rachel; Wigglesworth, Gillian – First Language, 2015
The field of first language acquisition (FLA) needs to take into account data from the broadest typological array of languages and language-learning environments if it is to identify potential universals in child language development, and how these interact with socio-cultural mechanisms of acquisition. Yet undertaking FLA research in remote…
Descriptors: Native Language, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Contrastive Linguistics
