Relations between language and symbolic gesture development in early childhood
1997; Elsevier BV; Volume: 12; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/s0885-2014(97)90012-5
ISSN1879-226X
AutoresAnne Watson O'Reilly, Kathleen M. Painter, Marc H. Bornstein,
Tópico(s)Language Development and Disorders
ResumoLanguage development is thought to be associated with other domains of mental activity that require representational capacity, like symbolic gesture. Study 1 explores associations between multiple measures of language and gesture across the third and fourth years of life. Results indicate stability in language, partial stability in gesture, and concurrent and longitudinal associations between language and gesture. Study 2 further explores language-symbolic gesture relations by measuring more finely which aspects of language relate to the symbolic representation of actions with objects and by exploring associations between symbolic gesture and a performance (nonverbal) measure of general intellectual ability.
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