Learning to talk in a gesture-rich world: Early communication in Italian vs. American children

Iverson, Jana M.; Capirci, Olga; Volterra, Virginia; Goldin‐Meadow, Susan

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“…In particular, the representational gestures produced by Italian children included several object/action gestures (e.g., EATING) and attributive gestures (e.g., BIG), whereas American children almost exclusively produced conventional gestures (e.g., HI, YES). Despite these differences in gesture vocabulary, in both cultures gesture/speech combinations reliably predicted the onset of two-word combinations (Iverson et al 2008). These authors concluded that culture and adult input may influence to some extent how the manual modality is used for representational purposes.…”

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“…One study conducted on three American and three Italian children, followed longitudinally between the ages of 10 and 24 months (Iverson et al 2008), reported more frequent production of representational gestures by Italian children than by their American peers. In particular, the representational gestures produced by Italian children included several object/action gestures (e.g., EATING) and attributive gestures (e.g., BIG), whereas American children almost exclusively produced conventional gestures (e.g., HI, YES).…”

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A Comparative Study on Representational Gestures in Italian and Japanese Children

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This study compares words and gestures produced in a controlled experimental setting by children raised in different linguistic/cultural environments to examine the robustness of gesture use at an early stage of lexical development. Twenty-two Italian and twenty-two Japanese toddlers (age range 25-37 months) performed the same picturenaming task. Italians produced more spoken correct labels than Japanese but a similar amount of representational gestures temporally matched with words. However, Japanese gestures reproduced more closely the action represented in the picture. Results confirm that gestures are linked to motor actions similarly for all children, suggesting a common developmental stage, only minimally influenced by culture.

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“…At 12 months, gestures, specially pointing, and prelexical vocalizations coordination can facilitate the development or the first lexical forms. Then, the coordination of the first lexical forms (words and protowords) with gestures in multimodal communicative patterns results predictive of later specific linguistic achievements (Goldin-Meadow, 1998;Iverson, et al, 2008;Iverson & Goldin-Meadow, 2005;Özçaliskan & Goldin-Meadow, 2005b). For example, when gesture and word convey complementary meanings, the answer obtained from the caregiver seems to facilitate the development of two-word combinations (GoldinMeadow et al, 2007).…”

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Gestural-vocal coordination

Murillo¹,

Carmona²

2012

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Esta es la versión de autor del artículo publicado en: This is an author produced version of a paper published in:Gesture 12.1 (2012): 16-39 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/gest.12.1.02mur Copyright: © John Benjamins Publishing CompanyEl acceso a la versión del editor puede requerir la suscripción del recurso Access to the published version may require subscription AbstractThe aim of this study was to examine longitudinally gestural and vocal coordination in multimodal communicative patterns during the period of transition to first words, and its role in early lexical development. Eleven monolingual Spanish children were observed from 9 to 12 and 15 months of age in a semi-structured play situation. We obtained three main findings: (1) the use of multimodal patterns of communication increases significantly with age during the period studied; (2) the rate of use of those multimodal patterns at 12 months predicts lexical development at 15 months; and (3) the use of pointing gesture at 12 months, especially when it is accompanied of vocalization and social use of gaze, is the best predictor of lexical outcome at 15 months. Our findings support the idea that gestures, gazes and vocalizations are part of an integrated and developing system that children use flexibly to communicate from early on. The coordination of these three types of elements, especially when pointing gesture is involved, has a predictive value on early lexical development and appears as a key for progress in language development.

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“…Ainda sobre o gesto de apontar, autores (Goldin-Meadow, 2009;Iverson, Capirci, Volterra, & Goldin-Meadow, 2008;Nogueira, 2009;Tomasello, 1999Tomasello, , 2003Volterra et al, 2004;Vygotsky, 2007) esclarecem que ele é um preditor da capacidade linguística, por promover o crescimento do aprendizado de palavras, auxiliado pelos rótulos utilizados pelos pais dos objetos para onde o bebê aponta. Assim, os bebês que já usam o gesto de apontar podem, por meio das interações, estar expostos a novas condições para seu próprio desenvolvimento vocabular.…”

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Habilidade de comunicação intencional de bebês: o que pensam as mães?

Nunes¹,

Aquino²

2014

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RESUMO -Este estudo investigou as percepções maternas acerca da habilidade comunicativa intencional infantil. Pesquisas destacam o impacto dessas percepções nas interações estabelecidas entre mãe e bebê e suas repercussões no desenvolvimento da linguagem e da cognição social infantil. Participaram do estudo 40 mães de bebês de 4 e 9 meses. Os resultados mostram variações nas percepções maternas quanto às habilidades de comunicação intencional dos bebês. Os relatos maternos sobre os bebês de 9 meses evidenciam o uso de recursos comunicativos intencionais expressos por vocalizações, alternância do olhar, e gesto de apontar. Discutem-se as implicações dessas percepções nas interações adulto-bebê, no desenvolvimento sociocomunicativo infantil e em contextos de desenvolvimento e educação infantil. ABSTRACT -This study investigated maternal perceptions of infant intentional communicative ability. Researchs highlight the impact of these perceptions on the interactions established between mother and baby and their repercussions on language development and infant social cognition. The study included 40 mothers of babies aged 4 and 9 months. The results show variations in maternal perceptions about infants' intentional communicative abilities. Maternal reports about babies 9 months demonstrate the use of intentional communicative resources expressed by vocalizations, gaze alternation and pointing gesture. We discuss the implications of these perceptions in adult-child interactions, in child sociocomunicativo development and in contexts of child development and education. PalavrasKeywords: maternal perceptions, communicative intentionality, babies, early development 1 Endereço para correspondência: Rua Mário Batista Junior, n. 75, Ed.Quinta Avenida, apto. 301, Miramar, João Pessoa, PB, Brasil, CEP: 58043130. E-mail: fabiolabrazaquino@gmail.com A habilidade de comunicação intencional é um tipo especial de intencionalidade que emerge no comportamento infantil e um dos elementos cruciais para a gênese da comunicação, que cria formas peculiares de aprendizagem cultural e engajamento (Braz Aquino & Salomão, 2010, 2011bSanchez, 1991;Tomasello, 1999Tomasello, , 2003. Sobre esse tema, Grosse, Behne, Carpenter e Tomasello (2010), Tomasello (2003) e Tomasello e Carpenter (2007) defendem que ocorre, no final do primeiro ano de vida, o que eles denominaram de revolução dos nove meses, entendida como um fenômeno marcado pelo início do engajamento do bebê em relações triádicas e em episódios de atenção conjunta. Tais episódios envolvem o bebê, o adulto e um objeto ou evento, com o qual ambos compartilham o interesse. Para esses autores, a partir desse período, os bebês são capazes de acompanhar o olhar do adulto direcionado para um objeto, evento ou pessoa, demonstrando interesse no que o adulto observa, usar o adulto como referência social e aprender de forma imitativa.Para esses autores, a partir dos 9 meses de vida, determinadas capacidades cognitivas e comunicativas dos bebês tornam-se intencionais. Entre essas capacidades, Tomasell...

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Learning to talk in a gesture-rich world: Early communication in Italian vs. American children

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A Comparative Study on Representational Gestures in Italian and Japanese Children

A Comparative Study on Representational Gestures in Italian and Japanese Children

Gestural-vocal coordination

Habilidade de comunicação intencional de bebês: o que pensam as mães?

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