Abstract
Gestures, i.e. the symbolic movements that speakers perform while they speak, form a closely interconnected system with speech, where gestures serve both addressee-directed (‘communicative’) and speaker-directed (‘internal’) functions. This article aims (1) to show that a combined analysis of gesture and speech offers new ways to address theoretical issues in second language acquisition (SLA) and bilingualism studies, probing SLA and bilingualism as product and process; and (2) to outline some methodological concerns and desiderata to facilitate the inclusion of gesture in SLA and bilingualism research.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 75-102 |
| Journal | Second Language Research |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
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
- learner varieties
- SLA
- gesture
- bilingualism
- crosslinguistic influence
- output
- input
- method
- coding