Infants often start pointing toward the end of their first year of life. Pointing shows a strong
link to language, perhaps because parents label what infants point to. In the present study …

Infants' pointing frequency is a predictor of their later language abilities. Yet, predictors of
pointing frequency in the first year of life are not well understood. Study 1 explored what …

Infants' pointing is associated with concurrent and later language development. The
communicative intention behind the point–ie, imperative versus declarative–can affect both …

In the field of developmental psychology, there is speculation that pointing gestures by
infants are good precursors of infant language acquisition, and some researchers have …

Infants' and parents' pointing gestures predict infants' concurrent and prospective language
development. Most studies have measured vocabulary size using parental reports …

Little is known about the origins of the pointing gesture. We sought to gain insight into its
emergence by investigating individual differences in the pointing of 12-month-old infants in …

Index-finger pointing is foundational to language acquisition. Less is known about its
emergence. In lab-based monthly longitudinal assessments from 8-13 months (N= 31) the …

The present longitudinal diary study investigated the development of early functions of
pointing within everyday routines in infants between 5 and 22 months of age. Pointing has …

Tomasello, Carpenter, and Liszkowski (2007) present compelling data to support the view
that infant pointing, from the outset, is communicative and deployed in many of the same …

Around their first birthdays, infants begin to point, walk, and talk. These abilities are
appreciable both by researchers with strictly standardized criteria and caregivers with more …