Integrating Gestures : The Interdisciplinary Nature of Gesture / Gale Stam, Mika Ishino.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stam, Gale, editor.

Ishino, Mika, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language arts.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 pages)

Other Title:

Knowledge Unlatched.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam and Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2011.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Gestures 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 chapters included in the volume are divided into six 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.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

KU Select 2016 Backlist Collection

BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 100367

ISBN:

9789027287205

OCLC:

742616497

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access