Introduction published in:
Verbal and gestural expression of motion and spatial events / L’expression verbale et gestuelle du mouvement et de l’espace: New evidence from different age groups and linguistic environments / nouveaux arguments en provenance de différents groupes d’âge et de différents environnements linguistiques
Edited by Kateřina Fibigerová, Jean-Marc Colletta and Michèle Guidetti
[Language, Interaction and Acquisition 9:1] 2018
► pp. 1–10
Introduction

Verbal and gestural expression of motion and spatial events

New evidence from different age groups and linguistic environments

| Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès | CNRS
| Université Grenoble Alpes
| Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès | CNRS
Article outline
  • 1.General presentation
  • 2.Motion and space
  • 3.Speech-gesture relation
  • 4.The impact of language
  • 5.The impact of development
  • 6.Summary
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
Published online: 09 May 2018
https://doi.org/10.1075/lia.15002.fib
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