Comprehension and Production of Gesture in Combination with Speech in One-Word Speakers.

Morford, Marolyn; Goldin-Meadow, Susan

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ERIC Number: EJ452989

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1992

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Comprehension and Production of Gesture in Combination with Speech in One-Word Speakers.

Morford, Marolyn; Goldin-Meadow, Susan

Journal of Child Language, v19 n3 p559-80 Oct 1992

This study explores the role that gesture plays in the earliest stages of language learning. A description is provided of how one-word speakers use gesture in combination in combination with speech in their spontaneous communications and interpret gesture presented in combination with speech in an experimental situation. (JL)

Descriptors: Child Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Language Acquisition, Language Research, Listening Comprehension, Nonverbal Communication, Oral Language, Toddlers

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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