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Learning to talk and gesture about motion in French

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Summary, in English

This study explores how French adults and children aged four and six years talk and gesture about voluntary motion, examining (1) how they encode path and manner in speech, (2) how they encode this information in accompanying gestures; and (3) whether gestures are co-expressive with speech or express other information. When path and manner are equally relevant, children’s and adults’ speech and gestures both focus on path, rather than on manner. Moreover, gestures are predominantly co-expressive with speech at all ages. However, when they are non-redundant, adults tend to gesture about path while talking about manner, whereas children gesture about both path and manner while talking about path. The discussion highlights implications for our understanding of speakers’ representations and their development.

Publishing year

2008

Language

English

Pages

200-236

Publication/Series

First Language

Volume

28

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Topic

  • General Language Studies and Linguistics

Keywords

  • representation of motion
  • motion event
  • path
  • manner
  • language development
  • French
  • gestures

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0142-7237