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Gestures in Language Development

Benjamins Current Topics

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Volume 28

Gestures in Language Development

Edited by Marianne Gullberg and Kees de Bot

hese materials were previously published in Gesture 8:2 (2008)

Gestures in Language Development

Edited by

Marianne Gullberg

Lund University

Kees de Bot

University of Groningen

John Benjamins Publishing Company

Amsterdam / Philadelphia

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Gestures in language development / edited by Marianne Gullberg, Kees de Bot.

p. cm. (Benjamins Current Topics, issn 1874-0081 ; v. 28)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Communicative competence in children. 2. Language acquisition. 3. Gesture. 4. Se-

mantics. 5. Nonverbal communication. I. Gullberg, Marianne. II. De Bot, Kees.

P118.4.G47 2010

401.93--dc22

2010043360

isbn 978 90 272 2258 9 (Hb ; alk. paper)

isbn 978 90 272 8744 1 (Eb)

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