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Patrones comunicativos multimodales en la transición a las primeras palabras: cambios en la coordinación de gestos y vocalizaciones

Multimodal communicative patterns on the transition to first words: Changes in the coordination of gesture and vocalization

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Pages 473-487 | Received 12 Jun 2012, Accepted 02 May 2013, Published online: 23 Jan 2014
 

Resumen

El objetivo del estudio es explorar la coordinación de gestos y vocalizaciones en patrones comunicativos multimodales en el periodo de transición a las primeras palabras. Para ello se analizaron longitudinalmente las conductas comunicativas de 11 niños españoles monolingües entre los 9 y los 15 meses. Se observó que el uso de recursos comunicativos multimodales aumenta significativamente a los 12 meses, y que hay diferencias en el acompañamiento vocal de los distintos tipos de gestos.

Al considerar la función comunicativa y la estructura de las vocalizaciones que acompañan a los gestos, el gesto de alcance aparece vinculado a la función imperativa y ésta a vocalizaciones vocálicas, mientras que el gesto de señalar se asocia a la función declarativa y a vocalizaciones tanto vocálicas como consonánticas.

Abstract

The aim of this study is to explore gestural and vocal coordination in multimodal communicative patterns during the transition period to first words. We analyse longitudinally the communicative behaviours of 11 monolingual Spanish children from 9 to 15 months of age. We observed both that use of multimodal communicative resources increases significantly at 12 months, and that differences on the vocal accompaniment of different types of gestures exist.

Considering communicative function and vocalizations structure, we observe that reaching gesture is linked to the imperative function and to vocalic vocalizations, whereas pointing gesture is associated to the declarative function and to both vocalic and consonantic vocalizations.

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