A comparative study on representational gestures in Italian and Japanese children
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This study compares words and gestures produced in a controlled experimental setting by children raised in different linguistic/cultural environments to examine the robustness of gesture use at an early stage of lexical development. Twenty-two Italian and twenty-two Japanese toddlers (age range 25–37 months) performed the same picture-naming task. Italians produced more spoken correct labels than Japanese but a similar amount of representational gestures temporally matched with words. However, Japanese gestures reproduced more closely the action represented in the picture. Results confirm that gestures are linked to motor actions similarly for all children, suggesting a common developmental stage, only minimally influenced by culture.
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- Authors
- Pettenati, P., Sekine, K., Congestrì, E., & Volterra, V.
- Affiliations
- University of Parma (IT)
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP)
- National Research Council (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Pettenati, Paola
- Venue
- Journal of Nonverbal Behavior
- Published
- 2012-01-12
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 149-164
- ISSN
- 0191-5886 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-3653
- OpenAlex
- W2059878748
- Cited by
- 48
- References
- 56
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- FWCI
- 3.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Licence
- other-oa
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Journal of Nonverbal Behavior (publishedVersion)
- MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Max Planck Digital Library (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Hearing Impairment and Communication
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Keywords
- representational gestures, vocabulary development, toddlers, cross-cultural comparison, Italian children, Japanese children, picture naming, motor action, early language acquisition
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