The link and differences between deixis and symbols in children's early gestural-vocal system

Gesture

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 179-199

  Pizzuto, Elena ^a   Capobianco, Micaela ^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: 34248709669     PISSN: 15681475     EISSN: 15699773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/gest.5.1-2.13piz     Document Type: Article

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