Gestures in Language Development -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- About the Authors -- Preface -- Gestures and some key issues in the study of language development -- Introduction -- Gesture and language -- Gesture and first language development -- Gesture and second language development -- Gesture across the lifespan -- Common themes -- Conclusions and introduction to this volume -- Acknowledgements -- Note -- References -- Before L1 -- Before L1 -- Infant gestures -- A differentiated perspective on infant gestures -- Acknowledgements -- References -- The relationship between spontaneous gesture production and spoken lexical ability in children with Down syndrome in a naming task -- Method -- Results -- Discussion and conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- The effect of gestures on second language memorisation by young children -- Multimodality and memorisation -- The effect of gestures on short-term memorisation in the first language (L1) -- The effect of gestures on memorisation in a second language (L2) -- This study -- Method -- Results -- Discussion -- Note -- References -- Gesture and information structure in first and second language -- Introduction -- The present study -- Results -- Discussion -- Notes -- References -- Gesture viewpoint in Japanese and English -- Background -- This study -- Methodology -- Results -- Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- Author index -- Subject index -- The series Benjamins Current Topics.