The present study reports empirical longitudinal data on the early stages of language
development. The main hypothesis is that the output systems of speech and gesture may …

This study examined (a) the relationship between gesture and speech produced by children
with specific language impairment (SLI) and typically developing (TD) children, and their …

The purpose of this study was to collect quantitative measures describing the use of
intentional communication by 15 normal children during the prelinguistic, one-word, and …

Italian children are immersed in a gesture-rich culture. Given the large gesture repertoire of
Italian adults, young Italian children might be expected to develop a larger inventory of …

Gesture and language are tightly connected during the development of a child's
communication skills. Gestures mostly precede and define the way of language …

A 1-year follow-up of relationships between language and symbolic gesture in 10 children
with delayed onset of early lexical skills (Thal & Bates, 1988a) is reported Original data are …

Compared production of gestures, signs, and words by a child simultaneously acquiring sign
language and speech to that of a group of children exposed only to speech. Found that …

Use of communicative gestures in a group of children with delayed onset of expressive oral
vocabulary (late talkers) was compared with such use among normal-language-matched …

It is well established that deictic gestures, especially pointing, play an important role in
children's language development. However, recent evidence suggests that other types of …

This chapter traces the burgeoning field of developmental gesture studies and examines the
emergence of gestures as visible utterances, adult responses to children's gestures, and the …