Offering and Showing Gestures in 12- to 15-Month-Old Infants in Natural Contexts: A Corpus-Based Study
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| Title: | Offering and Showing Gestures in 12- to 15-Month-Old Infants in Natural Contexts: A Corpus-Based Study |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Shreejata Gupta, Sofiya Karnovska, Marianne Jover, Markus Paulus |
| Source: | European Journal of Developmental Psychology. 2025 22(3):395-417. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 23 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Nonverbal Communication, Infants, Toddlers, Child Behavior, Parent Child Relationship, Responses, Sharing Behavior, Caregiver Child Relationship, Foreign Countries |
| Geographic Terms: | France |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17405629.2025.2475993 |
| ISSN: | 1740-5629 1740-5610 |
| Abstract: | Developmental theories propose that the ontogeny of sharing behaviour builds on earlier emerging social routines of offering objects in caregiver-child interactions. The current study explored the occurrence of offering and showing behaviour in naturalistic contexts, and how caregivers react to these gestures. To this end, we relied on video recordings of spontaneous infant-caregiver interactions from two CHILDES corpora. We analysed data of six infants from 12 to 15 months comprising 222 tokes of gestures. Across ages, infants showed more offering behaviour than showing behaviour. Caregivers responded vocally to both types of gestures and showed more object-directed action in the context of the offering gesture. Showing behaviour was thus more likely to lead to a unimodal reaction, whereas offering behaviour more often led to a bimodal reaction from caregivers. Overall, the study provides evidence for how infant gestures, and the early precursors of sharing behaviour, develop in the context of naturalistic caregiver-child interactions. |
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| Notes: | https://osf.io/4qbm9 |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1496816 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | Developmental theories propose that the ontogeny of sharing behaviour builds on earlier emerging social routines of offering objects in caregiver-child interactions. The current study explored the occurrence of offering and showing behaviour in naturalistic contexts, and how caregivers react to these gestures. To this end, we relied on video recordings of spontaneous infant-caregiver interactions from two CHILDES corpora. We analysed data of six infants from 12 to 15 months comprising 222 tokes of gestures. Across ages, infants showed more offering behaviour than showing behaviour. Caregivers responded vocally to both types of gestures and showed more object-directed action in the context of the offering gesture. Showing behaviour was thus more likely to lead to a unimodal reaction, whereas offering behaviour more often led to a bimodal reaction from caregivers. Overall, the study provides evidence for how infant gestures, and the early precursors of sharing behaviour, develop in the context of naturalistic caregiver-child interactions. |
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| ISSN: | 1740-5629 1740-5610 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17405629.2025.2475993 |
