Forest Books: Virginia Volterra Carol J Erting (Eds) From Gesture To Language In Hearing And Deaf Child

21 essays by experts from around the world on communicative gesture in the first two years of life. The editors, both noted researchers, demonstrate the importance of gesture in a child's transition to a linguistic system. Therefore it fills an important gap in the study of language acquisition and should be part of every linguistic scholar's personal library. Paperback 358 pages 1994