Gestural communication in nonhuman and human primates / edited by Katja Liebal, Cornelia Muller and Simone Pika.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Liebal, Katja.

Müller, Cornelia.

Pika, Simone.

Series:

Benjamins current topics ; v.10.

Benjamins current topics ; v.10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gesture.

Animal communication.

Primates.

Physical Description:

xiv, 284 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2007.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

The present article offers a condensed overview, of why a comparative view on gestures in human and nonhuman primates may offer important insights to both: researchers of human as well as of nonhuman primates. It is argued that a comparative view may further contribute to the debate over the evolution of language but that in addition it may also enhance understanding of the relation of language and gesture in humans. The article sketches programmatic issues, which are summarized in the list of framing questions for the workshop and this special issue on "Gestural communication in nonhuman and human primates"; it is aimed to clarify conceptual and methodological prerequisites and to offer points of departure for future comparative research.

Contents:

Gestural Communication in Nonhuman and Human Primates

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Dedication

Table of contents

About the Authors

Introduction

I. Evolution of language and the role of gestural communication

The syntactic motor system

II. Gestural communication in non-human primates

The gestural communication of apes

Gestural communication in three species of macaques (Macaca mulatta, M. nemestrina, M. arctoides). Use of signals in relation to dominance and social context

Multimodal concomitants of manual gesture by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Requesting gestures in captive monkeys and apes

Cross-fostered chimpanzees modulate signs of American Sign Language

III. Gestural communication in human primates

Human twelve-month-olds point cooperatively to share interest with and helpfully provide information for a communicative partner

From action to language through gesture

The link and differences between deixis and symbols in children's early gestural-vocal system

A cross-cultural comparison of communicative gestures in human infants during the transition to language

How does linguistic framing of events influence co-speech gestures?

The two faces of gesture

IV. Future directions

Gestures in human and nonhuman primates

Review of "From hand to mouth. The origins of language" by Michael C. Corballis

Index

The series Benjamins Current Topics (BCT).

Notes:

Originally published in Gesture 5:1/2 (2005).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-15251-3

9786612152511

90-272-9186-1

OCLC:

647685072