Development of Pointing Gestures in Children with Typical and Delayed Language Acquisition

Autor/inn/en	Lüke, Carina; Ritterfeld, Ute; Grimminger, Angela; Liszkowski, Ulf; Rohlfing, Katharina J.
Titel	Development of Pointing Gestures in Children with Typical and Delayed Language Acquisition
Quelle	In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 60 (2017) 11, S.3185-3197 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1092-4388
DOI	10.1044/2017_JSLHR-L-16-0129
Schlagwörter	Nonverbal Communication; Language Acquisition; Longitudinal Studies; Language Impairments; Linguistic Input; Infants; Parent Child Relationship; Language Skills; Correlation; Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Sprachbildung; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Korrelation
Abstract	Purpose: This longitudinal study compared the development of hand and index-finger pointing in children with typical language development (TD) and children with language delay (LD). First, we examined whether the number and the form of pointing gestures during the second year of life are potential indicators of later LD. Second, we analyzed the influence of caregivers' gestural and verbal input on children's communicative development. Method: Thirty children with TD and 10 children with LD were observed together with their primary caregivers in a seminatural setting in 5 sessions between the ages of 12 and 21 months. Language skills were assessed at 24 months. Results: Compared with children with TD, children with LD used fewer index-finger points at 12 and 14 months but more pointing gestures in total at 21 months. There were no significant differences in verbal or gestural input between caregivers of children with or without LD. Conclusions: Using more index-finger points at the beginning of the second year of life is associated with TD, whereas using more pointing gestures at the end of the second year of life is associated with delayed acquisition. Neither the verbal nor gestural input of caregivers accounted for differences in children's skills. (As Provided).
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