Pragmatics, Utterance Meaning, and Representational Gesture / Jack Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Jack, 1907-2006, author.

Series:

Elements in Pragmatics Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intention (Logic).

Gesture.

Inference.

Pragmatics.

Prediction (Logic).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (87 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

Humans produce utterances intentionally. Visible bodily action, or gesture, has long been acknowledged as part of the broader activity of speaking, but it is only recently that the role of gesture during utterance production and comprehension has been the focus of investigation. If we are to understand the role of gesture in communication, we must answer the following questions: Do gestures communicate? Do people produce gestures with an intention to communicate? This Element argues that the answer to both these questions is yes. Gestures are (or can be) communicative in all the ways language is. This Element arrives at this conclusion on the basis that communication involves prediction. Communicators predict the behaviours of themselves and others, and such predictions guide the production and comprehension of utterance. This Element uses evidence from experimental and neuroscientific studies to argue that people produce gestures because doing so improves such predictions

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Feb 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781009033336

1009033336

9781009033534

1009033530

9781009031080

1009031082