| Maternal label and gesture use affects acquisition of specific object names. | |
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PMID: 20214842 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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Ten mothers were observed prospectively, interacting with their infants aged 0 ; 10 in two contexts (picture description and noun description). Maternal communicative behaviours were coded for volubility, gestural production and labelling style. Verbal labelling events were categorized into three exclusive categories: label only; label plus deictic gesture; label plus iconic gesture. We evaluated the predictive relations between maternal communicative style and children's subsequent acquisition of ten target nouns. Strong relations were observed between maternal communicative style and children's acquisition of the target nouns. Further, even controlling for maternal volubility and maternal labelling, maternal use of iconic gestures predicted the timing of acquisition of nouns in comprehension. These results support the proposition that maternal gestural input facilitates linguistic development, and suggest that such facilitation may be a function of gesture type. |
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Maria Zammit; Graham Schafer |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2010-03-10 |
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Title: Journal of child language Volume: 38 ISSN: 1469-7602 ISO Abbreviation: J Child Lang Publication Date: 2011 Jan |
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Created Date: 2010-12-08 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0425743 Medline TA: J Child Lang Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 201-21 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Psychology, University of Reading and Faculty of Health, Leeds Metropolitan University. Civic Quarter, Calverley Street, Leeds, UK. m.l.zammit@leedsmet.ac.uk |
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