TABLE 3.

Relation between comprehension of iconic gestures, index-finger pointing at 1;0 and language abilities (Pearson-correlation).

		Comprehension of iconic gestures
	n	3;0	4;0	5;0
Comprehension of iconic gestures at 3;0	39	–	0.396*	0.332*
Comprehension of iconic gestures at 4;0	40	0.396*	–	0.501**
Comprehension of iconic gestures at 5;0	41	0.332*	0.501**	–
Index-finger pointing at 1;0	42	0.574**	0.368*	0.396*
Non-verbal IQ at 3;6	39	0.333*	0.458**	0.475**
Word comprehension at 2;0	40	0.499**	0.247	0.353*
Sentence comprehension at 2;0	39	0.478**	0.358*	0.495**
Word production at 2;0	42	0.620**	0.302	0.556**
Sentence production at 2;0	36	0.641**	0.433*	0.521**
Sentence comprehension at 3;0	37	0.542**	0.329	0.332*
Word production at 3;0	39	0.455*	0.307	0.357*
Sentence production at 3;0	38	0.482*	0.332*	0.282
Word production at 4;0	41	0.469**	0.381*	0.282
Grammar production at 4;0	39	0.726**	0.331*	0.328*
Sentence repetition at 4;0	37	0.480*	0.197	0.194
Sentence comprehension at 5;0	41	0.460**	0.282	0.456**
Word production at 5;0	41	0.437**	0.255	0.286
Grammar production at 5;0	41	0.653**	0.317*	0.265
Sentence repetition at 5;0	40	0.455**	0.301	0.209
Sentence comprehension at 6;0	41	0.418**	0.275	0.255
Word production at 6;0	41	0.319	0.310	0.118
Grammar production at 6;0	41	0.643**	0.414**	0.275
Sentence repetition at 6;0	40	0.428**	0.347*	0.208

n: Due to the fact that not every child participated in every test, the exact number of participating children is listed; * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.