This study explored first language acquisition of spatial deictic referencing, this/that, in English. Specifically, this study attempted to understand people’s ability to internalize and to refer to props in a certain communicative situation. Deictic referencing is reconceptualized into real world terms according to hard science linguistics (HSL) that was established by Yngve (1996). In this study, children were compared to adults in order to test age as a significant variable in the articulation of [ðΙs] and [ðæt]. This was investigated through an experiment that involved 148 subjects (62 adult and 86 child, ages 5 to 58) where verbal and nonverbal behavior was recorded. Subjects were prompted to use this and that in referring to three set...
The purpose of this study was to identify whether gesture differentially affects spatial or non-spat...
In many ways modern linguistics is one of the most remarkable and successful scientific innovations ...
Deixis – a fundamental part of communication – involves combinations of speech, gesture and eye-gaze...
Key words: deixis, reference, demonstratives, pointing ABSTRACT The paper discusses English deicti...
Children's early development of demonstrative use emanates directly from indexical gestures, namely,...
Many studies have considered the child's developing comprehension of the deictic terms this and that...
To achieve social actions and coordination, we communicate different types of meanings that vary in ...
International audienceAmong the conventional gestures which appear early in children’s development, ...
The present paper studies how, in deictic expressions, the temporal interdependency of speech and ge...
International audienceThis paper provides an overview of recent studies that have investigated the d...
Conventional symbolic gestures like pointing appear at the end of children's first year. Gesture-wor...
AbstractThe paper reviews studies on prelinguistic infants' gestures and the evidence for deictic an...
Conventional symbolic gestures like pointing appear at the end of children's first year. Gesture-wor...
My study focuses on deictic verbs of motion (come and go in English, and venir and aller in French)....
Deictic gestures have important role in human communication in general and also in prelinguistic com...
The purpose of this study was to identify whether gesture differentially affects spatial or non-spat...
In many ways modern linguistics is one of the most remarkable and successful scientific innovations ...
Deixis – a fundamental part of communication – involves combinations of speech, gesture and eye-gaze...
Key words: deixis, reference, demonstratives, pointing ABSTRACT The paper discusses English deicti...
Children's early development of demonstrative use emanates directly from indexical gestures, namely,...
Many studies have considered the child's developing comprehension of the deictic terms this and that...
To achieve social actions and coordination, we communicate different types of meanings that vary in ...
International audienceAmong the conventional gestures which appear early in children’s development, ...
The present paper studies how, in deictic expressions, the temporal interdependency of speech and ge...
International audienceThis paper provides an overview of recent studies that have investigated the d...
Conventional symbolic gestures like pointing appear at the end of children's first year. Gesture-wor...
AbstractThe paper reviews studies on prelinguistic infants' gestures and the evidence for deictic an...
Conventional symbolic gestures like pointing appear at the end of children's first year. Gesture-wor...
My study focuses on deictic verbs of motion (come and go in English, and venir and aller in French)....
Deictic gestures have important role in human communication in general and also in prelinguistic com...
The purpose of this study was to identify whether gesture differentially affects spatial or non-spat...
In many ways modern linguistics is one of the most remarkable and successful scientific innovations ...
Deixis – a fundamental part of communication – involves combinations of speech, gesture and eye-gaze...