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Language and gesture in late talkers.

D Thal1, E Bates

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093.

Journal of Speech and Hearing Research
|March 1, 1988
PubMed
Summary

Children with language delays showed normal symbolic gesture skills for single actions but excelled in complex gesture sequences. This suggests early language impairment may not reflect broader symbolic communication deficits.

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Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Linguistics
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Language and symbolic gesture are crucial for early communication development.
  • Understanding the relationship between language production and gesture is key to identifying developmental trajectories.
  • Children with language impairments may exhibit varying profiles in non-linguistic symbolic abilities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between language production and symbolic gesture abilities in young children.
  • To determine if children with language delays exhibit specific deficits in gestural analogs of lexical and syntactic skills.
  • To explore potential predictors of early language success or impairment.

Main Methods:

  • Study involved young children identified in the lowest 10% for language production.
  • A single scheme imitation task assessed gestural analogs of lexical production.
  • A multischeme imitation task assessed gestural analogs of syntax.

Main Results:

  • Children with language delays performed comparably to language-matched controls on single scheme imitation (lexical analog).
  • On multischeme imitation (syntactic analog), subjects performed like age-matched controls, outperforming language-matched controls.
  • A dissociation was observed between language production and symbolic gesture abilities.

Conclusions:

  • Early language impairment may not be directly associated with deficits in symbolic gesture production.
  • Children with language delays demonstrate intact abilities in gestural analogs of syntax.
  • Findings contribute to understanding predictors of early language development and potential communication support strategies.

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