Human communication combines language with gesture. Gesture contributes to the
uniquely human ability to communicate about an infinite number of ideas in an efficient way …

Purpose The aim of this study was to extract key learning from intervention studies in which
qualitative aspects of dosage, dose form, have been examined for children with …

Children learn words through recruiting cues from verbal and nonverbal input, yet research
in early childhood classrooms has focused almost exclusively on linguistic input. Nonverbal …

Background The ability to learn new words is critical in the development of oral and written
language, and significantly impacts engagement in social, academic and vocational …

Learning academic vocabulary is a crucial task for all students, but especially challenging
for students with speech, language, and communication needs (SLCN) and those who are …

High‐quality lexical representations are important for reading comprehension; however,
prior research has focused primarily on the verbal aspects of these lexical representations …

Purpose Toddlers with late language emergence have difficulty acquiring an object
vocabulary that is well defined by shape early in development. Without object words …

Background Individuals with developmental language disorder or Williams syndrome are
reported to use more gestures than individuals with typical development. However, these …

Background Early intervention is recommended for pre‐school children with low language.
However, few robustly evaluated language interventions for young children exist …

The article focuses on studies of sign language, a specialized kind of nonverbal expression
and one intended to function as a language with defined grammar and vocabulary. It …