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Autor/inn/en | Nicoladis, Elena; Gourlay, Haylee |
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Titel | Hand Preference in Children's Referential Gestures during Storytelling: Testing for Effects of Bilingualism, Language Ability, Age, and Sex |
Quelle | In: International Journal of Developmental Science, 16 (2022) 1-2, S.43-52 (10 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 2192-001X |
Schlagwörter | Story Telling; Children; Nonverbal Communication; Handedness; Bilingualism; Language Proficiency; Age Differences; Gender Differences; English; French; Monolingualism; Preferences; Foreign Countries; Canada (Montreal) |
Abstract | Adults, preschool children, and infants gesture more with their right hand than with their left hand. Since gestures and speech are related in production, it is possible that this right-hand preference reflects left-hemisphere lateralization for gestures and speech. The primary purpose of the present study was to test if children between the ages of 6 and 10 years show a right-hand preference in referential gestures while telling a story. We also tested four predictors of children's degree of right-hand preference: 1) bilingualism, 2) language proficiency, 3) age, and 4) sex. Previous studies have shown that these variables are related to the degree of speech lateralization. Twenty-five English monolingual (17 girls; M[subscript age?]=?8.0, SD[subscript age?]?=?1.4), 21 French monolingual (12 girls; M[subscript age]?=?7.3, SD[subscript age]?=?1.4,) and 25 French-English bilingual (11 girls; M[subscript age?]?=?8.5, SD[subscript age?]?=?1.4) children watched a cartoon and told the story back. The bilinguals did this once in each language. The referential gestures were coded for handedness. Most of the participants showed a right-hand preference for gesturing. In English, none of the predictor variables was clearly related to right-hand preference. In French, the monolinguals showed a stronger right-hand preference than the bilinguals. These inconsistent findings across languages raise doubts as to whether the right-hand preference is linked to lateralization for speech. (As Provided). |
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Update | 2024/1/01 |