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Angiolillo, Carl J.; Goldin-Meadow, Susan – Journal of Child Language, 1982
Describes a study designed to test if, when children describe actions, they consider the role an entity plays in an action, independent of the animateness of the entity. Results indicate that young children have relational intentions which are independent of animateness. (EKN)
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Language Processing
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Ozcaliskan, Seyda; Goldin-Meadow, Susan – Journal of Child Language, 2005
The types of gesture+speech combinations children produce during the early stages of language development change over time. This change, in turn, predicts the onset of two-word speech and thus might reflect a cognitive transition that the child is undergoing. An alternative, however, is that the change merely reflects changes in the types of…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Caregivers, Language Acquisition, Parent Child Relationship