ERIC Number: EJ1064505
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Jun
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Development of Communicative Gestures in Normally Developing Children between 8 and 18 Months: An Exploratory Study
Veena, Kadiyali D; Bellur, Rajashekhar
Journal of Early Childhood Research, v13 n2 p150-164 Jun 2015
Children who have not developed speech tend to use gestures to communicate. Since gestures are not encouraged and suppressed in the Indian traditional context while speaking, this study focused on profiling the developing gestures in children to explore whether they use the gestures before development of speech. Eight normally developing 8-month-old children served as participants, who were followed up till the age of 18 months. Mother-child interactions were video-recorded and analyzed for deictic and representational gestures. The age of emergence and representational gestures in this study were relatively diverse from those in the Western studies; furthermore, representational gestures were unique and depended on the culture and mothers' input.
Descriptors: Child Development, Nonverbal Communication, Infants, Toddlers, Parent Child Relationship, Mothers, Interaction, Video Technology, Age Differences, Speech Communication, Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Receptive Language, Expressive Language, Toys, Language Skills, Communication Skills, Interviews, Coding, Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: India
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