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Publication details [#10099]

Wilkinson, Louise Cherry and Karen L. Rembold. 1981. The form and function of children's gestures accompanying verbal directives. In Dale, Philip S. and David Ingram, eds. Child language - An international perspective. Selected papers from the First International Congress for the Study of Child Language. University Park Press. pp. 175–190.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

directive, L1-acquisition of | gesture

Annotation

A study of three children, demonstrating the importance of gesture at age 2 and 2-and-a-half. More gestures related to verbal directive content are said to be produced than gestures unrelated to verbal directive content.