11 non-ambulatory infants who were creeping or crawling independently were observed in their homes over a period of 1-wk, as they interacted with their mothers. Four types of motor gestures were recorded on a keyboard and transcribed by computer. Results suggest that at the prelinguistic stage, gestures have communication content.
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