A study of multimodal motherese: The role of temporal synchrony between verbal labels and gestures

Child Development

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 878-894

  Gogate, Lakshmi J ^a   Bahrick, Lorraine E ^b   Watson, Jilayne D ^b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034230917     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00197     Document Type: Article

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