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In this paper, we will describe some of the work we have conducted investigating the similarities and differences between symbol use in the vocal and gestural modalities by normal hearing children between 13 and 28 months of age. Interest in the relationship between vocal and gestural symbols follows from the hypothesis put forward by Piaget (1962) and Werner and Kaplan (1963) that symbols have their origins in actions with objects. Consequently, symbols can be either gestural or vocal in nature, and the processes which allow the discovery that things have names can be manifested in either modality.
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Shore, C., Bates, E., Bretherton, I., Beeghly, M., O’Connell, B. (1990). Vocal and Gestural Symbols: Similarities and Differences from 13 to 28 Months. In: Volterra, V., Erting, C.J. (eds) From Gesture to Language in Hearing and Deaf Children. Springer Series in Language and Communication, vol 27. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74859-2_8
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