Gestures in Language Development

Gullberg, Marianne (Editor)/ Bot, Kees De (Editor)

ISBN 10: 9027222584 / ISBN 13: 9789027222589

Published by John Benjamins Pub Co, 2010

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139 pages. 10.00x6.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gestures in Language Development
• Publisher: John Benjamins Pub Co
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027222584
• ISBN 13: 9789027222589
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.39 kilograms

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Synopsis

Gestures are prevalent in communication and tightly linked to language and speech. As such they can shed important light on issues of language development across the lifespan. This volume, originally published as a Special Issue of Gesture Volume 8:2 (2008), brings together studies from different disciplines that examine language development in children and adults from varying perspectives. It provides a review of common theoretical and empirical themes, and the contributions address topics such as gesture use in prelinguistic infants, the relationship between gestures and lexical development in typically and atypically developing children and in second language learners, what gestures reveal about discourse, and how all languages that adult second language speakers know can influence each other. The papers exemplify a vibrant new field of study with relevance for multiple disciplines.