Narrative Development in Young Children: Gesture, Imagery, and Cohesion

by Elena T. Levy and David McNeill

As children begin to use language in early childhood, they produce increasingly large units of coherent speech, including narrative descriptions of events. This book examines the process of narrative development in young children, focusing on the development of 'cohesion' - the use of speech and gesture to create coherent perspectives on events. Surveying early narrative development in which gesture plays an integral part, the book explores the development...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107041112
• ISBN13: 9781107041110
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.6" x 9.5"