Comprehension and production of gesture in combination with speech in one-word speakers

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 559-580

  Goldin Meadow, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0026929968     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000900011569     Document Type: Article

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