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From Gesture to Language in Hearing and Deaf Children

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Virginia Volterra

    1. Istituto di Psicologia, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricecche (CNR), Roma, Italy

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  2. Carol J. Erting

    1. Department of Linguistics and Director Culture and Communication Studies Program Gallaudet Research Institute College Hall 402, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC, USA

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Part of the book series: Springer Series in Language and Communication (SSLAN, volume 27)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • V. Volterra, C. J. Erting
      Pages 1-4

  3. Hearing Children with Spoken Language Input

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-8
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    2. Social and Cognitive Determinants of Mutual Gaze Between Mother and Infant

      • L. D’odorico, M. C. Levorato
      Pages 9-17

    3. Gestural Development, Dual-Directional Signaling, and the Transition to Words

      • E. F. Masur
      Pages 18-30

    4. Gestures, Words, and Early Object Sharing

      • L. B. Adamson, R. Bakeman, C. B. Smith
      Pages 31-41

    5. Some Observations on the Origins of the Pointing Gesture

      • A. Lock, A. Young, V. Service, P. Chandler
      Pages 42-55

    6. Communicative Gestures and First Words

      • M. C. Caselli
      Pages 56-67

    7. Sign Language Among Hearing Infants: The Spontaneous Development of Symbolic Gestures

      • L. P. Acredolo, S. W. Goodwyn
      Pages 68-78

    8. Vocal and Gestural Symbols: Similarities and Differences from 13 to 28 Months

      • C. Shore, E. Bates, I. Bretherton, M. Beeghly, B. O’Connell
      Pages 79-91

  4. Deaf Children with Sign Language Input

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-95
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    2. The Interactional Context of Deaf Mother-Infant Communication

      • C. J. Erting, C. Prezioso, M. O’Grady Hynes
      Pages 97-106

    3. Acquisition of the Handshape in American Sign Language: A Preliminary Analysis

      • P. Boyes Braem
      Pages 107-127

    4. Faces: The Relationship Between Language and Affect

      • J. Snitzer Reilly, M. L. McIntire, U. Bellugi
      Pages 128-141

    5. The Early Development of Deixis in American Sign Language: What Is the Point?

      • E. Pizzuto
      Pages 142-152

    6. The Transition from Gesture to Symbol in American Sign Language

      • L. A. Petitto
      Pages 153-161

  5. Deaf Children Without Sign Language Input

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-164
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    2. The Development of Morphology Without a Conventional Language Model

      • S. Goldin-Meadow, C. Mylander
      Pages 165-177

    3. Gesture in Hearing Mother-Deaf Child Interaction

      • M. C. Da Cunha Pereira, C. De Lemos
      Pages 178-186

    4. The Interaction of Gesture and Speech in the Language Development of Two Profoundly Deaf Children

      • H. Mohay
      Pages 187-204
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About this book

Virginia Volterra and Carol Erting have made an important contribu­ tion to knowledge with this selection of studies on language acquisi­ tion. Collections of studies clustered more or less closely around a topic are plentiful, but this one is 1 nique. Volterra and Erting had a clear plan in mind when making their selection. Taken together, the studies make the case that language is inseparable from human inter­ action and communication and, especially in infancy, as much a matter of gestural as of vocal behavior. The editors have arranged the papers in five coherent sections and written an introduction to each section in addition to the expected general introduction and conclu­ sion. No introductory course in child and language development will be complete without this book. Presenting successively studies of hearing children acquiring speech languages, of deaf children acquiring sign languages, of hear­ ing children of deaf parents, of deaf children of hearing parents, and of hearing children compared with deaf children, Volterra and Erting give one a wider than usual view oflanguage acquisition. It is a view that would have been impossible not many years ago - when the primary languages of deaf adults had received neither recognition nor respect.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Istituto di Psicologia, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricecche (CNR), Roma, Italy

    Virginia Volterra

  • Department of Linguistics and Director Culture and Communication Studies Program Gallaudet Research Institute College Hall 402, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC, USA

    Carol J. Erting

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: From Gesture to Language in Hearing and Deaf Children

  • Editors: Virginia Volterra, Carol J. Erting

  • Series Title: Springer Series in Language and Communication

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74859-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-74861-5Published: 22 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-74859-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0172-620X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 335

  • Topics: Psychology, general

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