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Publication details [#1141]

Bates, Elizabeth, Laura Benigni, Inge Bretherton, Luigia Camaioni and Virginia Volterra. 1977. From gesture to the first word: On cognitive and social prerequisites. In Lewis, Michael and Leonard A. Rosenblum, eds. Interaction, conversation, and the development of language. J. Wiley. pp. 247–307.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

cognitive development | gesture | onset of verbal behavior | social development

Annotation

Report of a longitudinal study (and a follow-up) of the relationship between cognitive and social-communicative events in language acquisition.