The predictive value of non-referential beat gestures: early use in parent–child interactions predicts narrative abilities at 5 years of age

Vilà-Giménez, Ingrid; Dowling, Natalie; Demir-Lira, Ö Ece; Prieto Vives, Pilar, 1965-; Goldin-Meadow, Susan

The predictive value of non-referential beat gestures: early use in parent–child interactions predicts narrative abilities at 5 years of age

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dc.contributor.author Vilà-Giménez, Ingrid
dc.contributor.author Dowling, Natalie
dc.contributor.author Demir-Lira, Ö Ece
dc.contributor.author Prieto Vives, Pilar, 1965-
dc.contributor.author Goldin-Meadow, Susan
dc.date.accessioned 2022-12-15T07:17:28Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.description.abstract A longitudinal study with 45 children (Hispanic, 13%; non-Hispanic, 87%) investigated whether the early production of non-referential beat and flip gestures, as opposed to referential iconic gestures, in parent-child naturalistic interactions from 14 to 58 months old predicts narrative abilities at age 5. Results revealed that only non-referential beats significantly (p < .01) predicted later narrative productions. The pragmatic functions of the children’s speech that accompany these gestures were also analyzed in a representative sample of 18 parent-child dyads, revealing that beats were typically associated with biased assertions or questions. These findings show that the early use of beats predicts narrative abilities later in development, and suggest that this relation is likely due to the pragmatic– structuring function that beats reflect in early discourse.
dc.description.sponsorship Funding Information: - Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MCIU), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI), and Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER): PGC2018-097007-B-100, “Multimodal Language Learning (MLL): Prosodic and Gestural Integration in Pragmatic and Phonological Development.” - Generalitat de Catalunya: 2017 SGR_971 - Generalitat de Catalunya, Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca: 2019FI_B2_00125 - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development of the National Institutes of Health: P01HD040605.
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dc.identifier.citation Vilà-Giménez I, Dowling N, Demir-Lira ÖE, Prieto P, Goldin-Meadow S. The predictive value of non-referential beat gestures: early use in parent–child interactions predicts narrative abilities at 5 years of age. Child Dev. 2021;92(6):2335–55. DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13583
dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13583
dc.identifier.issn 0009-3920
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/55146
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Wiley
dc.relation.ispartof Child Development. 2021;92(6):2335–55
dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/PGC2018-097007-B-I00
dc.rights.accessRights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.keyword Non-referential beat gestures
dc.subject.keyword Narrative abilities
dc.subject.keyword Pragmatics
dc.title The predictive value of non-referential beat gestures: early use in parent–child interactions predicts narrative abilities at 5 years of age
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type.version info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion

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