Yes or no? How young French children combine gestures and speech to agree and refuse

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 911-924

  Guidetti, Michèle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; VIDEORECORDING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 29144509558     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000905007038     Document Type: Review

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