Gestures accompanying speech in specifically language-impaired children and their timing with speech

First Language

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 237-253

  Blake, Joanna ^a   Myszczyszyn, Debbie ^a   Jokel, Ariela ^a   Bebiroglu, Neda ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gesture speech synchrony; Gestures; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749130076     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142723707087583     Document Type: Article

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