Gesture in language : development across the lifespan / Aliyah Morgenstern, Susan Goldin-Meadow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morgenstern, Aliyah, author.

Goldin-Meadow, Susan, author.

Series:

Language and the Human Lifespan (LHLS)

Language and the Human Lifespan (LHLS) , 2196-8306

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Body language--Testing.

Body language.

Gesture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (VIII, 384 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Through constant exposure to adult input in interaction, children’s language gradually develops into rich linguistic constructions containing multiple cross-modal elements subtly used together for communicative functions. Sensorimotor schemas provide the "grounding" of language in experience and lead to children’s access to the symbolic function. With the emergence of vocal or signed productions, gestures do not disappear but remain functional and diversify in form and function as children become skilled adult multimodal conversationalists. This volume examines the role of gesture over the human lifespan in its complex interaction with speech and sign. Gesture is explored in the different stages before, during, and after language has fully developed and a special focus is placed on the role of gesture in language learning and cognitive development. Specific chapters are devoted to the use of gesture in atypical populations. CONTENTS Contributors Aliyah Morgenstern and Susan Goldin-Meadow1 Introduction to Gesture in Language Part I: An Emblematic Gesture: Pointing Kensy Cooperrider and Kate Mesh2 Pointing in Gesture and Sign Aliyah Morgenstern3 Early Pointing Gestures Part II: Gesture Before Speech Meredith L. Rowe, Ran Wei, and Virginia C. Salo4 Early Gesture Predicts Later Language Development Olga Capirci, Maria Cristina Caselli, and Virginia Volterra5 Interaction Among Modalities and Within Development Part III: Gesture With Speech During Language Learning Eve V. Clark and Barbara F. Kelly6 Constructing a System of Communication With Gestures and Words Pauline Beaupoil-Hourdel7 Embodying Language Complexity: Co-Speech Gestures Between Age 3 and 4 Casey Hall, Elizabeth Wakefield, and Susan Goldin-Meadow8 Gesture Can Facilitate Children’s Learning and Generalization of Verbs Part IV: Gesture After Speech Is Mastered Jean-Marc Colletta9 On the Codevelopment of Gesture and Monologic Discourse in Children Susan Wagner Cook10 Understanding How Gestures Are Produced and Perceived Tilbe Göksun, Demet Özer, and Seda AkbIyık11 Gesture in the Aging Brain Part V: Gesture With More Than One Language Elena Nicoladis and Lisa Smithson12 Gesture in Bilingual Language Acquisition Marianne Gullberg13 Bimodal Convergence: How Languages Interact in Multicompetent Language Users’ Speech and Gestures Gale Stam and Marion Tellier14 Gesture Helps Second and Foreign Language Learning and Teaching Aliyah Morgenstern and Susan Goldin-MeadowAfterword: Gesture as Part of Language or Partner to Language Across the Lifespan IndexAbout the Editors

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Contributors

1 Introduction to Gesture in Language

I An Emblematic Gesture: Pointing

2 Pointing in Gesture and Sign

3 Early Pointing Gestures

II Gesture Before Speech

4 Early Gesture Predicts Later Language Development

5 Interaction Among Modalities and Within Development

III Gesture With Speech During Language Learning

6 Constructing a System of Communication With Gestures and Words

7 Embodying Language Complexity: Co-Speech Gestures Between Age 3 and 4

8 Gesture Can Facilitate Children’s Learning and Generalization of Verbs

IV Gesture After Speech Is Mastered

9 On the Codevelopment of Gesture and Monologic Discourse in Children

10 Understanding How Gestures Are Produced and Perceived

11 Gesture in the Aging Brain

V Gesture With More Than One Language

12 Gesture in Bilingual Language Acquisition

13 Bimodal Convergence: How Languages Interact in Multicompetent Language Users’ Speech and Gestures

14 Gesture Helps Second and Foreign Language Learning and Teaching

Afterword: Gesture as Part of Language or Partner to Language Across the Lifespan

Index

About the Editors

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781433838422

1433838427

9783110565058

3110565056

9783110567526

3110567520

OCLC:

1292356752