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Gesture and thought /

Gesturing is such an integral yet unconscious part of communication that we are mostly oblivious to it. But if you observe anyone in conversation, you are likely to see his or her fingers, hands, and arms in some form of spontaneous motion. Why? David McNeill, a pioneer in the ongoing study of the r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McNeill, David, 1933-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Gesturing is such an integral yet unconscious part of communication that we are mostly oblivious to it. But if you observe anyone in conversation, you are likely to see his or her fingers, hands, and arms in some form of spontaneous motion. Why? David McNeill, a pioneer in the ongoing study of the relationship between gesture and language, set about answering this question over twenty-five years ago. In Gesture and Thought he brings together years of this research, arguing that gesturing, an act which has been popularly understood as an accessory to speech, is actually a dialectical component.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 318 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780226514642
0226514641