Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. About the authors vii
4. Preface 1
5. Gestures and some key issues in the study of language development 3
6. Before L1: A differentiated perspective on infant gestures 35
7. The relationship between spontaneous gesture production and spoken lexical ability in children with Down syndrome in a naming task 53
8. The effect of gestures on second language memorisation by young children 75
9. Gesture and information structure in first and second language 93
10. Gesture viewpoint in Japanese and English: Cross-linguistic interactions between two languages in one speaker 113
11. Author index 135
12. Subject index 137