Publications

Publication details [#40554]

Lantolf, James P., Eduardo Negueruela, Stefanie Rehn Jordan and Jaime Gelabert. 2004. The "private function" of gesture in second language speaking activity: a study of motion verbs and gesturing in English and Spanish. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 14 (1) : 113.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

gesture | L2-acquisition | speech | verb

Language as a subject

English | Spanish

Place, Publisher

Blackwell Publishers

Journal WWW

www.ingenta.com/journals/browse/bpl/ijal

Annotation

This paper investigates Slobin's concept of 'thinking for speaking' in the gesture- speech interface of advanced second language speakers of English and Spanish, with a focus on the use of motion verbs in both languages.