Age-related changes in co-speech gesture and narrative: Evidence from French children and adults

Speech Communication

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 565-576

  Colletta, Jean Marc ^a   Pellenq, Catherine ^b   Guidetti, Michèle ^c  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c Université de Toulouse II Le Mirail   (France)

Author keywords

Co speech gestures; French children and adults; Multimodality; Narratives

Indexed keywords

AGE EFFECTS; AGE GROUPS; AGE-RELATED CHANGES; FRENCH CHILDREN AND ADULTS; LANGUAGE COMPLEXITY; MULTI-MODALITY;

VIDEO RECORDING;

LINGUISTICS;

EID: 77951297610     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.specom.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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