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Publication details [#39403]

Mohan, B. and Sylvia Helmer. 1988. Context and Second Language Development: Preschoolers' Comprehension of Gestures. Applied Linguistics 9 (3) : 275–292.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

context | gesture | L2-acquisition | language and culture | pre-school age

Place, Publisher

Oxford University Press

Journal WWW

http://www3.oup.co.uk/applij/contents/

Annotation

This paper on the role of context in language comprehension for second language learners, analyzing native and non-native English speaking preschoolers' comprehension of gestures, argues that contextual understanding is likely to vary according to age and cultural familiarity.