Abstract
The purpose of the current paper is to outline how gestures can contribute to the study of some key issues in language development. Specifically, we (1) briefly summarise what is already known about gesture in the domains of first and second language development, and development or changes over the life span more generally; (2) highlight theoretical and empirical issues in these domains where gestures can contribute in important ways to further our understanding; and (3) summarise some common themes in all strands of research on language development that could be the target of concentrated research efforts.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 149-179 |
| Journal | Gesture |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015.The record was previously connected to the following departments: Linguistics and Phonetics (015010003)
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Comparative Language Studies and Linguistics
Free keywords
- atypical development
- gesture
- first language acquisition
- language acqusition
- langauge development
- second language acquisition
- bilingualism