From gestural to verbal deixis: A longitudinal study with Spanish infants and toddlers

First Language

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-90

  Rodrigo, María José ^a   González, Angela ^a   De Vega, Manuel ^a   Muñetón Ayala, Mercedes ^a   Rodríguez, Guacimara ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Early language; Gestural development; Gestural verbal interaction; Indexical reference; Maternal attention; Reference topology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646691472     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142723704041040     Document Type: Article

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