Purpose To examine gesture and motor abilities in relation to language in children with
language impairment (LI). Method Eleven children with LI (aged 2; 7 to 6; 1 [years; months]) …

In past studies, different kinds of gestures have shown different developmental trajectories,
with iconic gestures being acquired after words and other gestures before. Similarly, when …

Seventeen toddlers with specific expressive language delay (14 boys and 3 girls between
18 and 33 months of age) were compared to two control groups, one matched for language …

2 studies are presented that document the spontaneous development by normal infants of
nonverbal gestures to symbolically represent objects, needs, states, and qualities. These …

There is a growing awareness that language and gesture are deeply intertwined in the
spontaneous expression of adults. Although some research suggests that children use …

Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate whether children with receptive-expressive
language delay (R/ELD) and expressive-only language delay (ELD) differ in their use of …

Speakers around the globe gesture when they talk, and young children are no exception. In
fact, children's first foray into communication tends to be through their hands rather than their …

This study explores the patterns of gesture and speech combinations from the babbling
period to the one-word stage and the temporal alignment between the two modalities. The …

Purpose The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between frequency of gesture
use and language with a consideration for the effect of age and setting on frequency of …

Children who produce one word at a time often use gesture to supplement their speech,
turning a single word into an utterance that conveys a sentence-like meaning ('eat'+ point at …