Gesture And The Nature Of Language

Author : David F. Armstrong,William C. Stokoe,Sherman E. Wilcox
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1995-03-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521467721

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Gesture and the Nature of Language by David F. Armstrong,William C. Stokoe,Sherman E. Wilcox Pdf

This book proposes a radical alternative to dominant views of the evolution of language, in particular the origins of syntax. The authors draw on evidence from areas such as primatology, anthropology, and linguistics to present a groundbreaking account of the notion that language emerged through visible bodily action. Written in a clear and accessible style, Gesture and the Nature of Language will be indispensable reading for all those interested in the origins of language.

Author : Karen Emmorey,Judy S. Reilly
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781134779734

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Language, Gesture, and Space by Karen Emmorey,Judy S. Reilly Pdf

This book brings together papers which address a range of issues regarding the nature and structure of sign languages and other gestural systems, and how they exploit the space in which they are conveyed. The chapters focus on five pertinent areas reflecting different, but related research topics: * space in language and gesture, * point of view and referential shift, * morphosyntax of verbs in ASL, * gestural systems and sign language, and * language acquisition and gesture. Sign languages and gestural systems are produced in physical space; they manipulate spatial contrasts for linguistic and communicative purposes. In addition to exploring the different functions of space, researchers discuss similarities and differences between visual-gestural systems -- established sign languages, pidgin sign language (International Sign), "homesign" systems developed by deaf children with no sign language input, novel gesture systems invented by hearing nonsigners, and the gesticulation that accompanies speech. The development of gesture and sign language in children is also examined in both hearing and deaf children, charting the emergence of gesture ("manual babbling"), its use as a prelinguistic communicative device, and its transformation into language-like systems in homesigners. Finally, theoretical linguistic accounts of the structure of sign languages are provided in chapters dealing with the analysis of referential shift, the structure of narrative, the analysis of tense and the structure of the verb phrase in American Sign Language. Taken together, the chapters in this volume present a comprehensive picture of sign language and gesture research from a group of international scholars who investigate a range of communicative systems from formal sign languages to the gesticulation that accompanies speech.

Author : David McNeill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2000-08-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521777615

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Language and Gesture by David McNeill Pdf

Landmark study on the role of gestures in relation to speech and thought.

Author : Gale Stam,Mika Ishino
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027228451

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Integrating Gestures by Gale Stam,Mika Ishino Pdf

Gestures are ubiquitous and natural in our everyday life. They convey information about culture, discourse, thought, intentionality, emotion, intersubjectivity, cognition, and first and second language acquisition. Additionally, they are used by non-human primates to communicate with their peers and with humans. Consequently, the modern field of gesture studies has attracted researchers from a number of different disciplines such as anthropology, cognitive science, communication, neuroscience, psycholinguistics, primatology, psychology, robotics, sociology and semiotics. This volume presents an overview of the depth and breadth of current research in gesture. Its focus is on the interdisciplinary nature of gesture. The twenty-six chapters included in the volume are divided into six sections or themes: the nature and functions of gesture, first language development and gesture, second language effects on gesture, gesture in the classroom and in problem solving, gesture aspects of discourse and interaction, and gestural analysis of music and dance.

Author : Macdonald Critchley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Nonverbal communication
ISBN : OCLC:926929691

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The Language of Gesture by Macdonald Critchley Pdf

Author : Karen Emmorey,Judy Reilly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1260238596

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Language, Gesture, and Space by Karen Emmorey,Judy Reilly Pdf

This book brings together papers which address a range of issues regarding the nature and structure of sign languages and other gestural systems, and how they exploit the space in which they are conveyed. The chapters focus on five pertinent areas reflecting different, but related research topics: * space in language and gesture, * point of view and referential shift, * morphosyntax of verbs in ASL, * gestural systems and sign language, and * language acquisition and gesture. Sign languages and gestural systems are produced in physical space; they manipulate spatial contrasts for linguistic and communicative purposes. In addition to exploring the different functions of space, researchers discuss similarities and differences between visual-gestural systems -- established sign languages, pidgin sign language (International Sign), "homesign" systems developed by deaf children with no sign language input, novel gesture systems invented by hearing nonsigners, and the gesticulation that accompanies speech. The development of gesture and sign language in children is also examined in both hearing and deaf children, charting the emergence of gesture ("manual babbling"), its use as a prelinguistic communicative device, and its transformation into language-like systems in homesigners. Finally, theoretical linguistic accounts of the structure of sign languages are provided in chapters dealing with the analysis of referential shift, the structure of narrative, the analysis of tense and the structure of the verb phrase in American Sign Language. Taken together, the chapters in this volume present a comprehensive picture of sign language and gesture research from a group of international scholars who investigate a range of communicative systems from formal sign languages to the gesticulation that accompanies speech

Author : Wilhelm Wundt
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110808285

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The Language of Gestures by Wilhelm Wundt Pdf

Author : David F. Armstrong,Sherman E. Wilcox
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2007-04-19
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780190290016

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The Gestural Origin of Language by David F. Armstrong,Sherman E. Wilcox Pdf

In The Gestural Origin of Language, Sherman Wilcox and David Armstrong use evidence from and about sign languages to explore the origins of language as we know it today. According to their model, it is sign, not spoken languages, that is the original mode of human communication. The authors demonstrate that modern language is derived from practical actions and gestures that were increasingly recognized as having the potential to represent, and hence to communicate. In other words, the fundamental ability that allows us to use language is our ability to use pictures or icons, rather than linguistic symbols. Evidence from the human fossil record supports the authors' claim by showing that we were anatomically able to produce gestures and signs before we were able to speak fluently. Although speech evolved later as a secondary linguistic communication device that eventually replaced sign language as the primary mode of communication, speech has never entirely replaced signs and gestures. As the first comprehensive attempt to trace the origin of grammar to gesture, this volume will be an invaluable resource for students and professionals in psychology, linguistics, and philosophy.

Author : Michael C. Corballis
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780226287195

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The Truth about Language by Michael C. Corballis Pdf

Background to the problem -- The Rubicon -- Language as miracle -- Language and natural selection -- The mental prerequisites -- Thinking without language -- Mind reading -- Stories -- Constructing language -- Hands on to language -- Finding voice -- How language is structured -- Over the Rubicon

Author : David F. Armstrong
Publisher : Gallaudet University Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1563681331

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Original Signs by David F. Armstrong Pdf

Looks at the origins of language, arguing that sign language and speech develeped at the same time and that language uses both auditory and visual senses.

Author : Susan D. Duncan,Justine Cassell,Elena Terry Levy
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027228418

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Gesture and the Dynamic Dimension of Language by Susan D. Duncan,Justine Cassell,Elena Terry Levy Pdf

Each of the 21 chapters in this volume reflects a view of language as a dynamic phenomenon with emergent structure, and in each, gesture is approached as part of language, not an adjunct to it. In this, all of the authors have been influenced by David McNeill's methods for studying natural discourse and by his theory of the human capacity for language. The introductory chapter by Adam Kendon contextualizes McNeill s research paradigm within a history of earlier gesture studies. Chapters in the first section, Language and Cognition, emphasize what McNeill refers to as the intrapersonal plane. Many of the chapters adduce evidence for McNeill's claim that gestures can serve as a window onto the speaker's mind. Chapters in the second section, Environmental Context and Sociality, emphasize the interpersonal plane and exemplify McNeill's focus on how moment-to-moment language use is determined by contextual factors. The final section of the volume, Atypical Minds and Bodies, concerns lessons to be learned from studies of aphasic patients, autistic children, and artificial humans.

Author : Barbara Dancygier
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1427 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781108146135

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The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics by Barbara Dancygier Pdf

The best survey of cognitive linguistics available, this Handbook provides a thorough explanation of its rich methodology, key results, and interdisciplinary context. With in-depth coverage of the research questions, basic concepts, and various theoretical approaches, the Handbook addresses newly emerging subfields and shows their contribution to the discipline. The Handbook introduces fields of study that have become central to cognitive linguistics, such as conceptual mappings and construction grammar. It explains all the main areas of linguistic analysis traditionally expected in a full linguistics framework, and includes fields of study such as language acquisition, sociolinguistics, diachronic studies, and corpus linguistics. Setting linguistic facts within the context of many other disciplines, the Handbook will be welcomed by researchers and students in a broad range of disciplines, including linguistics, cognitive science, neuroscience, gesture studies, computational linguistics, and multimodal studies.

Author : Alan Cienki,Olga K. Iriskhanova
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027263698

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Aspectuality across Languages by Alan Cienki,Olga K. Iriskhanova Pdf

The book provides a nuanced, multimodal perspective on how people express events via certain grammatical forms of verbs in speech and certain qualities of movement in manual gestures. The volume is the outcome of an international project that involved three teams: one each from France, Germany, and Russia, including scholars from the Netherlands and the United States. Aspect and gesture use are studied in three Indo-European languages, i.e. French, German, and Russian. The book also summarizes the main points and arguments from French, German, and Russian works on aspect in relation to tense, bringing these historical traditions together for an English-speaking reading audience. The work rekindles some fundamental theorizing about events and aspect, reinvigorating it in a new light with the use of recent theorizing from cognitive linguistics and cognitive psychology, as well as new research methods applied to new data from actual spoken, interactive language use. It illustrates the value of researching the variably multimodal nature of communication – as well as theoretical issues in connection with thinking for speaking and mental simulation – from an empirical point of view.

Author : Katja Liebal,Cornelia Müller,Simone Pika
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027222401

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Gestural Communication in Nonhuman and Human Primates by Katja Liebal,Cornelia Müller,Simone Pika Pdf

The aim of this volume is to bring together the research in gestural communication in both nonhuman and human primates and to explore the potential of a comparative approach and its contribution to the question of an evolutionary scenario in which gestures play a signuificant role.

Author : Ipke Wachsmuth,Timo Sowa
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2002-04-24
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540436782

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Gesture and Sign Languages in Human-Computer Interaction by Ipke Wachsmuth,Timo Sowa Pdf

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the International Workshop on Gesture and Sign Languages in Human-Computer Interaction, GW 2001, held in London, UK, in April 2001. The 25 revised full papers and 8 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the post-proceedings. The papers are organized in topical sections on gesture recognition, recognition of sign languages, nature and notations of sign languages, gesture and sign language synthesis, gestural action and interaction, and applications based on gesture control.