Gesture and the dynamic dimension of language : essays in honor of David McNeill / edited by Susan D. Duncan, Justine Cassell, Elena Levy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McNeill, David.

Duncan, Susan D.

Cassell, Justine, 1960-

Levy, Elena Terry, 1952-

Series:

Gesture studies ; v. 1.

Gesture studies ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gesture.

Body language.

Physical Description:

vi, 328 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c2007.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Introduction: the dynamic dimension of language

On the origins of modern gesture studies

Gesture with speech and without it

From gestures to signs in the acquisition of sign language

How does spoken language shape iconic gestures?

Forgetful or strategic? the mystery of the systematic avoidance of reference in the cartoon story narrative

Metagesture: an analysis of theoretical discourse about multimodal language

Potential cognitive universals: evidence from head movements in Turkana

Blending in deception: tracing output back to its source

A dynamic view of metaphor, gesture and thought

Second language acquisition from a McNeillian perspective

Face-to-face dialogue as a micro-social context: the example of motor mimicry

Master speakers, master gesturers: a string quarter master class

Constructing spiral conceptualizations from limited input: evidence from Norwegian sign language

Environmentally coupled gestures

Indexing locations in gesture: recalled stimulus image and interspeaker coordination as factors influencing gesture form

The role of iconic gesture in semantic communication ands its theoretical and practical implications

Intersubjectivity in gestures: the speaker's perspective toward the addressee

An integrated approach to the study of convention, conflict, and compliance in interaction

Discourse focus, gesture, and disfluent aphasia

The construction of a temporally coherent narrative by an autistic adolescent: co-contributions of speech, enactment and gesture

The body in communication: lessons from the near-human.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-15462-1

9786612154621

90-272-9250-7

OCLC:

233597084