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Gestures and some key issues in the study of language development

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Summary, in English

The purpose of the current paper is to outline how gestures can contribute to the study of some key issues in language development. Specifically, we (1) briefly summarise what is already known about gesture in the domains of first and second language development, and development or changes over the life span more generally; (2) highlight theoretical and empirical issues in these domains where gestures can contribute in important ways to further our understanding; and (3) summarise some common themes in all strands of research on language development that could be the target of concentrated research efforts.

Publishing year

2008

Language

English

Pages

149-179

Publication/Series

Gesture

Volume

8

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

John Benjamins Publishing Company

Topic

  • General Language Studies and Linguistics

Keywords

  • atypical development
  • gesture
  • first language acquisition
  • language acqusition
  • langauge development
  • second language acquisition
  • bilingualism

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1568-1475