Longitudinal trajectories of gestural and linguistic abilities in very preterm infants in the second year of life

► Different longitudinal gestural and linguistic trajectories in preterms and full-terms. ► Slower rate of development and increasing divergence between preterms and full-terms. ► Lexical comprehension and gestures/actions support development of lexical production. ► Biological, medical and social risk factors increase preterms' risk of language delay.