Relationship between gestures and words in children with Down's syndrome and typically developing children in the early stages of communicative development

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 179-197

  Iverson, Jana M ^a   Longobardi, Emiddia ^b   Caselli, M Cristina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Communication; Down's syndrome; Early development; Gestures; Language

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; VIDEOTAPE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0037383452     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1368282031000062891     Document Type: Article

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