Before L1: A differentiated perspective on infant gestures

Gesture

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 180-196

  Liszkowski, Ulf ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Infant; Pointing; Prelinguistic communication; Representational gestures

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249091181     PISSN: 15681475     EISSN: 15699773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/gest.8.2.04lis     Document Type: Article

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