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Methodological reflections on gesture analysis in SLA and bilingualism research

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Summary, in English

Gestures, i.e. the symbolic movements that speakers perform while they speak, form a closely interconnected system with speech, where gestures serve both addressee-directed (‘communicative’) and speaker-directed (‘internal’) functions. This article aims (1) to show that a combined analysis of gesture and speech offers new ways to address theoretical issues in second language acquisition (SLA) and bilingualism studies, probing SLA and bilingualism as product and process; and (2) to outline some methodological concerns and desiderata to facilitate the inclusion of gesture in SLA and bilingualism research.

Publishing year

2010

Language

English

Pages

75-102

Publication/Series

Second Language Research

Volume

26

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Topic

  • General Language Studies and Linguistics

Keywords

  • learner varieties
  • SLA
  • gesture
  • bilingualism
  • crosslinguistic influence
  • output
  • input
  • method
  • coding

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0267-6583