Gesture in Language – Development Across the Lifespan Morgenstern Goldin–meadow

Gesture in LanguageDevelopment Across the Lifespan\nAuthor(s): Aliyah Morgenstern, Susan Goldin-Meadow\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: American Psychological Association, United States\nImprint: American Psychological Association\nISBN-13: 9781433836299, 978-1433836299\nSynopsis\nWhen do human beings begin producing gestures, and how do they evolve throughout our cognitive and social development?\n\n This book investigates the rich and complex ways in which gesture precedes language development and then is used in conjunction with language across the lifespan.\n\n Some experts argue that gesture is a part of language, while others argue it is a partner to language. But all agree that gesture plays a major role in language development and practices, and therefore must be captured by scientific analyses.\n\n This volume explores gesture's many functions--communicative, restorative, cognitive--across cultures and ages, in monolingual and multilingual populations, in students and in teache.