Relations between Language and Symbolic Gesture Development in Early Childhood.

O'Reilly, Anne Watson; Painter, Kathleen M.; Bornstein, Marc H.

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Publication Date: 1997

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Relations between Language and Symbolic Gesture Development in Early Childhood.

O'Reilly, Anne Watson; Painter, Kathleen M.; Bornstein, Marc H.

Cognitive Development, v12 n2 p185-97 Apr-Jun 1997

Study 1 explored associations between multiple measures of language and symbolic gesture development across ages 3 and 4; Study 2 measured more finely which aspects of language relate to the symbolic representation of actions with objects, and explored associations between symbolic gesture and general intellectual ability. Results showed significant associations between the two domains. (EV)

Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Intelligence, Language Acquisition, Longitudinal Studies, Symbolic Language, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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