Search for dissertations about: "communicative gestures"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 16 swedish dissertations containing the words communicative gestures.

  2. 6. Children's Gestures from 18 to 30 Months

    Author : Mats Andrén; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; children; gesture; development; communication; language; action; semiotics; social cognition;

    Abstract : This thesis concerns the nature of the gestures performed by five Swedish children. The children are followed from 18 to 30 months of age: an age range which is characterized by a rapid succession of developmental changes in children's abilities to communicate by means of both spoken language and gesture. READ MORE

  4. 7. Early communicative and language development in Swedish children : methods, results, clinical implications, and prospects for the future

    Author : Eva Berglund; Elizabeth Bates; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; psykologi; Psychology;

    Abstract : The present thesis concerns communicative and language skills in Swedish children and the instruments designed to measure those skills. The primary focus of the paper is on findings related to the field of communicative and language skills and on important methodological issues. READ MORE

  5. 8. Parkinson’s Disease and Communication : Intelligibility, Interaction and Participation

    Author : Inga-Lena Johansson; Nicole Müller; Christina Samuelsson; Christina Reuterskiöld; Margaret Walshe; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Parkinson’s disease; Intelligibility; Speech acoustics; Interaction; Communicative participation; Communication partner;

    Abstract : Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder affecting dopamine production in the basal ganglia. It is a common cause of disability among elderly people. The main symptoms are tremor, rigidity, and bradykinesia, but there is a substantial individual variation of how the disease manifests itself. READ MORE

  6. 9. Performance, Processing and Perception of Communicative Motion for Avatars and Agents

    Author : Simon Alexanderson; Jonas Beskow; John Glauert; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Tal- och musikkommunikation; Speech and Music Communication;

    Abstract : Artificial agents and avatars are designed with a large variety of face and body configurations. Some of these (such as virtual characters in films) may be highly realistic and human-like, while others (such as social robots) have considerably more limited expressive means. READ MORE

  7. 10. Babble, grunts, and words : a study of phonetic shape and functional use in the beginnings of language

    Author : Liselotte Roug-Hellichius; Florien J. Koopmansvan Beinum; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Phonetics; Fonetik; Phonetics; fonetik;

    Abstract : The present study follows in the tradition of those seeking to understand linguistic behavior from a cognitive and socio-biological perspective (Bates, Benigni, Bretherton, Camaioni and Volterra 1979, Lindblom 1992, Hauser 1996) by tracing the development of a non-linguistic vocal behavior in relation to communicative and early lexical advances. More specifically the study focuses on the occurrence of what are termed ìcommunicative gruntsî and their functional relationship to adult based word use in one Swedish boy from 11 to 19 months of age. READ MORE