I hear what you say but I see what you mean: The role of gestures in children's pragmatic comprehension

Language and Cognitive Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-170

  Kirk, Elizabeth ^a   Pine, Karen J ^a   Ryder, Nuala ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Gesture; Nonverbal; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTURE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; SPEECH;

EID: 78751686836     PISSN: 01690965     EISSN: 14640732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01690961003752348     Document Type: Article

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