Journal article details
Title
Idiosyncratic gesture use in atypical language development, and its interaction with speech rhythm, word juncture, syntax, pragmatics and discourse : a case study
Description
This case study of ‘Lucy’, a child aged 4;10 with a Developmental Language Disorder, focuses on a type of idiosyncratic “rhythmic gesture” (RG) not previously reported reported in the literature. A fine-grained qualitative analysis was carried out of video recordings of Lucy in conversation with the first author. This revealed that Lucy's RG was closely integrated in complex ways with her use of other gesture types, speech rhythm, word juncture, syntax, pragmatics, discourse, visual processing and processing demands generally. Indeed, the only satisfactory way to explain it was as a partial byproduct of such interactions. Word juncture and connected speech processes were particularly affected by the presence or absence of an accompanying RG. These findings support the theoretical accounts of gesture which see it as just one component of a multimodal, integrated signalling, and emergentist accounts of communication impairment which regard compensatory adaptation as integral.
DOI
10.3109/02699206.2012.714048
Language
English
Primary contributor
Author
Sara
Howard
Additional contributors
Co-author
Michael
Perkins
Co-author
Hannah
Sowden
Additional details
Volume number
26
Issue number
10
Is this item peer reviewed (refereed)?
Yes
ISSN
0269-9206
Publisher
Informa
Date of publication
01 October 2012
Page reference
882-907
Place of publication
London
Is this item a pre-print or post-print?
Post-print
Title of journal
Clinical linguistics & phonetics
Cite this outcome
Citation Style:
Harvard Howard, Sara et al (2012) Idiosyncratic gesture use in atypical language development, and its interaction with speech rhythm, word juncture, syntax, pragmatics and discourse : a case study. Clinical linguistics & phonetics . 26 (10), pp. 882-907 London: Informa.
Vancouver Howard Sara et al. Idiosyncratic gesture use in atypical language development, and its interaction with speech rhythm, word juncture, syntax, pragmatics and discourse : a case study. Clinical linguistics & phonetics 2012; 26 (10): 882-907.
