Originally published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, 1990 in series: Springer series in language and communication. Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-321) and index. Originally published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, 1990 in series: Springer series in language and communication.
Contents:
Social and cognitive determinants of mutual gaze between mother and infant / L. D'Odorico and M.C. Levorato -- Gestural development, dual-directional signaling, and the transition to words / E.F. Masur -- Gestures, words, and early object sharing / L.B. Adamson, R. Bakeman, and C.B. Smith -- Some observations on the origin of the pointing gesture / A. Lock [and others] -- Communicative gestures and first words / M.C. Caselli -- Sign language among hearing infants : the spontaneous development of symbolic gestures / L.P. Acredolo and S.W. Goodwyn -- Vocal and gestural symbols : similarities and difference from 13 to 28 months / C. Shore [and others] -- The interactional context of deaf mother-infant communication / C.J. Erting, C. Prezioso, and M. O'Grady Hynes -- Acquisition of the handshape in American Sign Language : a preliminary analysis / P. Boyes Braem -- Faces : the relationship between language and affect / J. Snitzer Reilly, M.L. McIntire, and U. Bellugi -- The early development of deixis in American Sign Language : what is the point? / E. Pizzuto. The transition from gesture to symbol in American Sign Language / L.A. Pettito -- The development of morphology without a conventional language model / S. Goldin-Meadow and C. Mylander -- Gesture in hearing mother-deaf child interaction / M.C. Da Cunha Pereira and C. De Lemos -- The interaction of gesture and speech in the language development of two profoundly deaf children / H. Mohay -- How does gestural communication become language? / V. Volterra, S. Beronesi, and P. Massoni -- Early sign language acquisition : implications for theories of language acquisition / J.D. Bonvillian, M.D. Orlansky, and R.J. Folven -- Emergernce of mode-finding and mode-switching in a hearing child of deaf parents / P.L. Griffity -- Gesture in early child language / S. Goldin-Meadow and M. Morford -- Form communication to language in hearing and deaf children / M.C. Caselli and V. Volterra -- Enhancement of spatial cognition in deaf children / U. Bellugi [and others].
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