Gestural-vocal deixis and representational skills in early language development

Interaction Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 223-252

  Pizzuto, Elena ^a   Capobianco, Micaela ^b   Devescovi, Antonella ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deictic; Early language; Gestures; Representational; Vocalizations; Words

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248696872     PISSN: 15720373     EISSN: 15720381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/is.6.2.05piz     Document Type: Article

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