title: Pointing and interaction initiation: the behaviour of young children with Down's syndrome when looking at books.
abstract: Data are derived from videotapes made in the homes of six Down's syndrome children with developmental ages varying between 1;1 and 2;1. The analysis concerns those sequences in which parent and child look at a book together, and more specifically those exchanges where the child initiates communication on a new target on the page. The design of these initiations is examined with respect to their various verbal and non-verbal components. The analysis of pointing, and in particular of point duration, reveals a possible developmental progression from a stage at which point and exchange duration are linked together to one in which the organization of pointing becomes more detached from the exchange as a unit of interaction.
authors: Department of Sociology, University of York, UK.
authors: A J
authors: AJ
authors: Wootton
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D005868:Gestures; D006801:Humans; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011932:Reading; D014706:Verbal Learning