The role of gestures in the transition from one-to two-word speech in a variety of children with intellectual disabilities

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 714-727

  Vandereet, Joke ^a   Maes, Bea ^a   Lembrechts, Dirk ^b   Zink, Inge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MODEM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Children; Gesture; Longitudinal

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPEECH; STANDARDS;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84055191059     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-6984.2011.00050.x     Document Type: Article

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