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Gesture Production Selectively Predicts Language Outcomes in Spanish-English Bilingual Children
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Perla B. Gámez; Ö. Ece Demir-Lira; Paola Pinzón-Henao – Child Development, 2025
This longitudinal study (data collected from 2019 to 2023) examines the relation between Spanish-English bilingual Latino toddlers' (n=46; F=22; M=24) early gesture production (Mage=18.67 months; SD[subscript age]=1.02) and later language skills (M[subscript age]=36.87 months; SD[subscript age]=0.81). Video recordings at child-age 18-months…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Spanish