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Gestures and words during the transition to two-word speech
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This study explores the communicative use of the gestural and vocal modalities by normally developing Italian children during the transition from one- to two-word speech. We analysed the spontaneous production of 12 children at 1;4 and at 1;8, focusing on the use of two-element combinations of words and/or gestures. Results indicated that use of gesture and gesture-word combinations during the transition to two-word speech is a robust feature of communicative development across a relatively large number of children in a rich gestural culture, and that the number of gesture-word and two-word combinations increased significantly from 1;4 to 1;8. Number of gestures and gesture-word combinations produced at 1;4 was also predictive of total vocal production at 1;8. Findings are discussed in terms of the role of gesture as a transitional device en route to two-word speech.
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- Authors
- Capirci, O., Iverson, J. M., Pizzuto, E., & Volterra, V.
- Venue
- Journal of Child Language
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 1996-10
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 645-673
- ISSN
- 0305-0009 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-7602
- OpenAlex
- W2049167508
- Cited by
- 363
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- 4.86
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- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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