Language Gesture And Space

Author : Karen Emmorey,Judy S. Reilly
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781134779734

Get Book

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 : Karen Emmorey,Judy Reilly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1260238596

Get Book

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 : Andreas H. Jucker,Heiko Hausendorf
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 762 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110693713

Get Book

Pragmatics of Space by Andreas H. Jucker,Heiko Hausendorf Pdf

This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of spatial configurations of language use and of language use in space. It consists of four parts. The first part covers the various practices of describing space through language, including spatial references in spoken interaction or in written texts, the description of motion events as well as the creation of imaginative spaces in storytelling. The second part surveys aspects of the spatial organization of face-to-face communication including not only spatial arrangements of small groups in interaction but also the spatial dimension of sign language and gestures. The third part is devoted to the communicative resources of constructed spaces and the ways in which these facilitate and shape communication. Part four, finally, is devoted to pragmatics across space and cultures, i.e. the ways in which language use differs across language varieties, languages and cultures.

Author : Karen Emmorey,Judy S. Reilly
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781134779666

Get Book

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 : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2000-08-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521777615

Get Book

Language and Gesture by David McNeill Pdf

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

Author : David F. Armstrong,Sherman E. Wilcox
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2007-04-19
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0198036914

Get Book

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 : Lauren B. Resnick,Roger Säljö,Clotilde Pontecorvo,Barbara Burge
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783662033623

Get Book

Discourse, Tools and Reasoning by Lauren B. Resnick,Roger Säljö,Clotilde Pontecorvo,Barbara Burge Pdf

Not long ago, projections of how office technologies would revolutionize the production of documents in a high-tech future carriedmany promises. The paper less office and the seamless and problem-free sharing of texts and other work materials among co-workers werejust around the corner, we were told. To anyone who has been involved in putting together a volume of the present kind, such forecasts will be met with considerable skepticism, if not outright distrust. The diskette, the email, the fax, the net, and all the other forms of communication that are now around are powerful assets, but they do not in any way reduce the flow of paper or the complexity of coordinating activities involved in producing an artifact such as a book. Instead, the reverse seems to be true. Obviously, the use of such tools requires considerable skill at the center of coordination, to borrow an expression from a chapter in this volume. As editors, we have been fortunate to have Ms. Lotta Strand, Linkoping University, at the center of the distributed activity that producing this volume has required over the last few years. With her considerable skill and patience, Ms. Strand and her work provide a powerful illustration of the main thrust of most of the chapters in this volume: Practice is a coordination of thinking and action, and many things had to be kept in mind during the production of this volume.

Author : Susan D. Duncan,Justine Cassell,Elena T. Levy
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007-06-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027292506

Get Book

Gesture and the Dynamic Dimension of Language by Susan D. Duncan,Justine Cassell,Elena T. 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 : Terry Janzen,Barbara Shaffer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110703788

Get Book

Signed Language and Gesture Research in Cognitive Linguistics by Terry Janzen,Barbara Shaffer Pdf

This volume represents the first time that researchers on signed language and gesture have come together with a coherent focus under the framework of cognitive linguistics. The pioneering work of Sherman Wilcox is highlighted throughout, scaffolding much of the research of these contributors. The five sections of the volume reflect critical areas of Dr. Wilcoxs own research in cognitive linguistics: Guiding research principles in signed language, gesture, and cognitive linguistics, iconicity across signed and spoken linguistics, multimodality, blending, depiction and metaphor in signed languages, and specific grammatical constructions as form-meaning pairings. The authors of this volume exemplify and continue Dr. Wilcoxs work of bridging signed and spoken language disciplines by contributing chapters that represent a multiplicity of perspectives on signed, spoken, and gesture data. This volume presents a unified collection of cognitive linguistics research by leading authors that will be of interest to readers in the fields of signed and spoken language linguistics, gesture studies, and general linguistics.

Author : Kenny R. Coventry,Thora Tenbrink,John Bateman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-23
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780199554201

Get Book

Spatial Language and Dialogue by Kenny R. Coventry,Thora Tenbrink,John Bateman Pdf

This book considers how people talk about the location of objects and places. The book reports on the latest developments in the field of spatial language and sets an agenda for future research on spatial conceptualization and communication in cognitive science, computer science, psychology, and linguistics.

Author : Barbara Dancygier
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1427 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781108146135

Get Book

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 : Holger Diessel,Kenny Coventry,Harmen Gudde,Olga Capirci
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889667826

Get Book

Demonstratives, Deictic Pointing and the Conceptualization of Space by Holger Diessel,Kenny Coventry,Harmen Gudde,Olga Capirci Pdf

Author : Clayton Valli,Ceil Lucas
Publisher : Gallaudet University Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1563680971

Get Book

Linguistics of American Sign Language by Clayton Valli,Ceil Lucas Pdf

New 4th Edition completely revised and updated with new DVD now available; ISBN 1-56368-283-4.

Author : Sotaro Kita
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-28
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781000149944

Get Book

Speech Accompanying-Gesture by Sotaro Kita Pdf

When we speak, we often spontaneously produce gestures. Such gestures are an integral part of face-to-face verbal communication. The relationship between speech and gesture is the theme of this Special Issue. The articles cover a wide range of issues: cultural differences, language and gesture development, cognitive development, bilingualism, foreign language learning, persuasion, and "common grounds" between the speaker and the addressee. The Special Issue is of interest not only to those who study the multimodal nature of communication, but also to those who seek new insights into psycholinguistic issues, using gesture as the "window" into the speaker's mind.

Author : Eleni Efthimiou,Georgios Kouroupetroglou,Fotinea Stavroula-Evita
Publisher : Springer
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-20
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642341823

Get Book

Gesture and Sign Language in Human-Computer Interaction and Embodied Communication by Eleni Efthimiou,Georgios Kouroupetroglou,Fotinea Stavroula-Evita Pdf

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 9th International Gesture Workshop, GW 2011, held in Athens, Greece, in May 2011. The 24 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions. They are ordered in five sections named: human computer interaction; cognitive processes; notation systems and animation; gestures and signs: linguistic analysis and tools; and gestures and speech.