Baby sign but not spontaneous gesture predicts later vocabulary in children with Down Syndrome
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20366702 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Şeyda Özçalışkan (0000-0002-7896-3259, Georgia State University, corresponding author), Seyda özçaliskan, Lauren B Adamson (0000-0002-6601-8874, Georgia State University), Nevena Dimitrova (0000-0002-3433-096X, Georgia State University), Jhonelle Bailey (0000-0001-8926-1845, Georgia State University), LAUREN SCHMUCK |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 948-963 |
| Publication date | 2016-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Child Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-0009 • E-ISSN: 1469-7602 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s030500091500029x |
| PMID | 26096809 |
| OpenAlex | W1962774357 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 34 |
Early spontaneous gesture, specifically deictic gesture, predicts subsequent vocabulary development in typically developing (TD) children. Here, we ask whether deictic gesture plays a similar role in predicting later vocabulary size in children with Down Syndrome (DS), who have been shown to have difficulties in speech production, but strengths in spontaneous gesture and baby sign use. We compared the gestures and baby signs produced by twenty-three children with DS (M age = 2;6) and twenty-three TD children (M age = 1;6), in relation to their expressive spoken vocabulary size one year later. Children with DS showed significant deficits in gesture production, particularly for deictic gestures, but strengths in baby sign production, compared to their typically developing peers. More importantly, it was the baby signs produced by children with DS, but not deictic gestures, that predicted their spoken vocabulary size one year later. Our results further highlight the important role baby signs can play in language development in children with developmental disorders
Deixis · Developmental psychology · Gesture · Language development · Linguistics · Manual communication · Sign language · Vocabulary · Vocabulary development · Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility · Communication · Hearing Impairment and Communication · Language Development and Disorders · Psychology
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| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |