Integrating Language and Gesture in Infancy.

Bates, Elizabeth; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ402884

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1989

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Integrating Language and Gesture in Infancy.

Bates, Elizabeth; And Others

Developmental Psychology, v25 n6 p1004-19 Nov 1989

Examined relationships among word comprehension, word production, and enactive and gestural naming by 136 infants of 12-16 months. Results indicate that infants can use adult speech as an aid in the reproduction of modeled gestures. (RJC)

Descriptors: Body Language, Child Language, Comprehension, Infants, Language Acquisition, Language Processing, Verbal Communication, Verbal Development

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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