کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5039809 1370376 2017 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The interrelatedness between infants' communicative gestures and lexicon size: A longitudinal study
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب رفتاری
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
The interrelatedness between infants' communicative gestures and lexicon size: A longitudinal study
چکیده انگلیسی


- The number of gestures at 0;9 and 1;0 predicted word comprehension 3 months later.
- The number of gestures at 0;9 predicted word production at 1;0.
- Lexicon size did not predict the number of communicative gestures at any time point.

Research has shown a close relationship between gestures and language development. In this study, we investigate the cross-lagged relationships between different types of gestures and two lexicon dimensions: number of words produced and comprehended. Information about gestures and lexical development was collected from 48 typically developing infants when these were aged 0;9, 1;0 and 1;3. The European Portuguese version of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory: Words and Gestures (PT CDI:WG) was used. The results indicated that the total number of actions and gestures and the number of early gestures produced at 0;9 and at 1;0 year predicted the number of words comprehended three months later. Actions and gestures' predictive power of the number of words produced was limited to the 0;9-1;0 year interval. The opposite relationship was not found: word comprehension and production did not predict action and gestures three months later. These results highlight the importance of non-verbal communicative behavior in language development.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Infant Behavior and Development - Volume 48, Part B, August 2017, Pages 88-97
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