Hélène Cochet
List of John Benjamins publications in which Hélène Cochet is involved.
2012 Pointing gesture in young children: Hand preference and language development Gesture and Multimodal Development, Colletta, Jean-Marc and Michèle Guidetti (eds.), pp. 7–26 | Article
This chapter provides an overview of recent studies that have investigated the development of pointing behaviors in infants and toddlers. First, we focus on deictic gestures and their role in language development, taking into account the different hand shapes and the different functions of… read more
2011 From gesture to language: Ontogenetic and phylogenetic perspectives on gestural communication and its cerebral lateralization Primate Communication and Human Language: Vocalisation, gestures, imitation and deixis in humans and non-humans, Vilain, Anne, Jean-Luc Schwartz, Christian Abry and Jacques Vauclair (eds.), pp. 91–120 | Article
2010 Features of spontaneous pointing gestures in toddlers Gesture 10:1, pp. 86–107 | Article
This study investigated the production of spontaneous pointing gestures in 26 toddlers, who were observed during free play time at day nursery. Pointing gestures and their different features (e.g., handedness, vocalizations, form and function of gesture) were recorded for a total observation time… read more
2010 Pointing gesture in young children: Hand preference and language development Gesture and Multimodal Development, Colletta, Jean-Marc and Michèle Guidetti (eds.), pp. 129–149 | Article
This paper provides an overview of recent studies that have investigated the development of pointing behaviors in infants and toddlers. First, we focus on deictic gestures and their role in language development, taking into account the different hand shapes and the different functions of pointing,… read more