Effects of learning with gesture on children's understanding of a new language concept

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1105-1114

  Wakefield, Elizabeth M ^a   James, Karin H ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gesture; Phonological competency; Word learning

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE;

CHILD; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE;

EID: 84938099776     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0039471     Document Type: Article

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