This book proposes a radical alternative to dominant views of the evolution of language, in particular the origins of syntax. The authors draw on evidence from areas such as primatology, anthropology, and linguistics to present a groundbreaking account of the notion that language emerged through visible bodily action. Written in a clear and accessible style, Gesture and the Nature of Language will be indispensable reading for all those interested in the origins of language.
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'The authors display a broad and deep scholarship, often provocative and stimulating, but never tendentious, and happily free of the polemic tone that mars much linguistic argument.' Michael Studdert-Kennedy
'This book links studies of sign language and gesture with recent ideas about human evolution in a highly interesting way. It presents the important idea of 'semantic phonology' and suggests how syntax may have arisen from the inherent structure of practical actions.' Adam Kendon
'This book links studies of sign language and gesture with recent ideas about human evolution in a highly interesting way. It presents the important idea of 'semantic phonology' and suggests how syntax may have arisen from the inherent structure of practical actions.' Adam Kendon
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This book proposes a radical alternative to dominant views of the evolution of language, in particular, the origins of syntax. Drawing on evidence from primatology, anthropology and linguistics, it presents a groundbreaking account of the notion that language emerged through visible bodily action.
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Second, what can the study of signed languages tell us about the human capacity for language? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
primary sign languages, visible gestures, phonetic module, signed languages, gestural approach, sign language research, sign language word, modern chimps, semantic phonology, grammar module, vocal gestures, deaf signers, associationist theories, iconic gestures, language phonology, perceptual categorization, image schemata, genetic causation, hominid lineage, global mappings Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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primary sign languages, visible gestures, phonetic module, signed languages, gestural approach, sign language research, sign language word, modern chimps, semantic phonology, grammar module, vocal gestures, deaf signers, associationist theories, iconic gestures, language phonology, perceptual categorization, image schemata, genetic causation, hominid lineage, global mappings Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
American Sign Language, Lord Zuckerman, Spatialization of Form Hypothesis, Upper Paleolithic, John Lyons, North America, Ulrich Neisser, William James New!
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