Gesture and the emergence and development of language

Beyond Nature-Nurture: Essays in Honor of Elizabeth Bates

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 3-40

  Volterra, Virginia ^a   Caselli, Maria Cristina ^a   Capirci, Olga ^a   Pizzuto, Elena ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410611192     Document Type: Chapter

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