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View article: Gender differences in early stages of language development. Some evidence and possible explanations
Gender differences in early stages of language development. Some evidence and possible explanations Open
It is a common feeling that girls speak earlier than boys; however, whether or not there are gender differences in early language acquisition remains controversial. The present paper aims to review the research on gender effects in early l…
View article: The Italian Deaf Community at the Time of Coronavirus
The Italian Deaf Community at the Time of Coronavirus Open
The present paper will explore the impacts of the recent pandemic crisis on the Italian Deaf community, as a linguistic minority. Recent research has shown that minorities are suffering much more the effects of the pandemia because their l…
View article: The representation of action in Italian Sign Language (LIS)
The representation of action in Italian Sign Language (LIS) Open
The present study investigates the types of verb and symbolic representational strategies used by 10 deaf signing adults and 13 deaf signing children who described in Italian Sign Language 45 video clips representing nine action types gene…
View article: Gestures and Words in Naming: Evidence From Crosslinguistic and Crosscultural Comparison
Gestures and Words in Naming: Evidence From Crosslinguistic and Crosscultural Comparison Open
We report on an analysis of spontaneous gesture production in 2‐year‐old children who come from three countries (Italy, United Kingdom, Australia) and who speak two languages (Italian, English), in an attempt to tease apart the influence o…
View article: The comparative neuroprimatology 2018 (CNP-2018) road map for research on <i>How the Brain Got Language</i>
The comparative neuroprimatology 2018 (CNP-2018) road map for research on <i>How the Brain Got Language</i> Open
We present a new road map for research on “How the Brain Got Language” that adopts an EvoDevoSocio perspective and highlights comparative neuroprimatology – the comparative study of brain, behavior and communication in extant monkeys and g…
View article: Sign Language Skills Assessed Through a Sentence Reproduction Task
Sign Language Skills Assessed Through a Sentence Reproduction Task Open
The aim of this study is to analyze Italian Sign Language (LIS) linguistic skills in two groups of deaf signing children at different ages, and to compare their skills with those of a group of deaf signing adults. For this purpose, we deve…
View article: Developmental evidence for continuity from action to gesture to sign/word
Developmental evidence for continuity from action to gesture to sign/word Open
What is linguistic communication and what is it not? Even if we often convey meanings through visible bodily actions, these are rarely considered part of human language. However, co-verbal gestures have compositional structure and semantic…