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The anatomy of meaning : speech, gesture, and composite utterances /
"How do we understand what others are trying to say? The answer cannot be found in language alone. Words are linked to hand gestures and other visible phenomena to create unified 'composite utterances'. In this book N.J. Enfield presents original case studies of speech-with-gesture ba...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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| Colección: | Language, culture, and cognition ;
8. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "How do we understand what others are trying to say? The answer cannot be found in language alone. Words are linked to hand gestures and other visible phenomena to create unified 'composite utterances'. In this book N.J. Enfield presents original case studies of speech-with-gesture based on fieldwork carried out with speakers of Lao (a language of Southeast Asia). He examines pointing gestures (including lip and finger-pointing) and illustrative gestures (examples include depicting fish traps and tracing kinship relations). His detailed analyses focus on the semiotic unification problem, that is, how to make a single interpretation when multiple signs occur together. Enfield's arguments have implications for all branches of science with a stake in meaning and its place in human social life. The book will appeal to all researchers interested in the study of meaning, including linguists, anthropologists, and psychologists."--Jacket. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 252 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-246) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511517051 051151705X 9780511518089 0511518080 9780511517594 0511517599 0511514549 9780511514548 9780511576737 0511576730 9780511515774 0511515774 |