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| Title: | THE ROLE OF GESTURE IN COMMUNICATION DEVELOPMENT |
| Authors: | Romski, Mary Ann |
| Issue Date: | 1980 |
| Publisher: | University of Kansas. Linguistics Graduate Student Association |
| Extent: | 2199144 bytes |
| Type: | Working Paper |
| Series/Report no.: | Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics; |
| Abstract: | This study investigated the role of gesture in communication development. Gestural categories, based on communicative function, were identified from longitudinal videotapes of one mother-child pair. The results of the study indicated that gestures can be reliably delineated. In addition, they served a number of communicative functions: 1) attention directing; 2) referent specifying; 3) requesting information or action; 4) supporting the verbal message and 5) answering yes/no questions. Although the pair's activity influenced the gestural category utilized, a developmental pattern emerged. As the child's linguistic sophistication increased, the mother's use of gestures decreased and the child's increased. The results are discussed with respect to the available literature. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/547 |
| ISSN: | 1043-3805 |
| Appears in Collections: | Volume 05 (1980), KWPL
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