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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McNeill, David, 1933-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2005.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Why gestures?
  • How gestures carry meaning
  • Two dimensions
  • Imagery-language dialectic
  • Discourse
  • Children and whorf
  • Neurogesture
  • The thought-language-hand link and language origins.