Laing, Catherine orcid.org/0000-0001-8022-2655 (2025) Vocal gestures in early multimodal communication:A commentary on Karadöller, Sümer and Özyürek. First Language. ISSN 1740-2344
Abstract
In the target article, the authors give evidence of infants’ use of gestures to support early communication in a speech-plus-gesture model of spoken language acquisition. I propose to extend this account to include ‘vocal gestures’ – that is, early vocal productions that incorporate phonetic, prosodic or phonological features not typical of the target language. These forms have been reported in various case study accounts of early production, and are often highly iconic. I propose that vocal gestures are another component of early multimodal communication, and should be included in our analyses of early speech development.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2025. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the University’s Research Publications and Open Access policy. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Language and Linguistic Science (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 19 Mar 2025 10:50 |
Last Modified: | 19 Mar 2025 14:00 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/01427237251325633 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/01427237251325633 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:224612 |
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