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Publication details [#60823]

Nicoladis, Elena and Angélique Laurent. 2015. Gesture restriction affects French–English bilinguals’ speech only in French. Bilingualism 18 (2) : 340–349.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingualism | gesture | information structure | speech | storytelling

Language as a subject

English | French

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This study contests the assertion that (here: adult French–English) bilinguals gesture more often as aid in message construction. It is stated that cultural norms in gesture frequency interact with gesture use in message construction.