Background Specific language impairment (SLI) is diagnosed when language is significantly
below chronological age expectations in the absence of other developmental disorders …

Purpose The aim of this study was to determine whether children with language impairment
(LI) use gesture to compensate for their language difficulties. Method The present study …

Background Pragmatic skills allow children to use language for social purposes, that is, to
communicate and interact with people. Most children with neurodevelopmental disorders …

The nature of the semantic contribution of co-speech gestures has been the subject of recent
theoretical and experimental investigation. Such gestures have been reported to give rise to …

This manuscript explores the role of embodied views of language comprehension and
production in bilingualism and specific language impairment. Reconceptualizing popular …

This study examined the early pragmatic language skills in typically developing (TD)
preschool-age children, children with language impairment (LI) and children with autism …

Purpose Early motor abilities (gesture, oral motor, and gross/fine skills) are related to
language abilities, and this is not due to an association with cognitive or symbolic abilities …

Previous research has shown differences in monolingual and bilingual communication. We
explored whether monolingual and bilingual pre‐schoolers (N= 80) differ in their ability to …

We evaluate the impact of gestures during the teaching of vocabulary in a foreign language
(FL). Spanish speakers learned words in a FL in four gesture conditions according to the …

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 …