Elements of Meaning in Gesture

2011 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : Geneviève Calbris
Release : 2011
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Download or read book Elements of Meaning in Gesture written by Geneviève Calbris. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summarizing her pioneering work on the semiotic analysis of gestures in conversational settings, Geneviève Calbris offers a comprehensive account of her unique perspective on the relationship between gesture, speech, and thought. She highlights the various functions of gesture and especially shows how various gestural signs can be created in the same gesture by analogical links between physical and semantic elements. Originating in our world experience via mimetic and metonymic processes, these analogical links are activated by contexts of use and thus lead to a diverse range of semantic constructions rather as, from the components of a Meccano kit, many different objects can be assembled. By (re)presenting perceptual schemata that mediate between the concrete and the abstract, gesture may frequently anticipate verbal formulation. Arguing for gesture as a symbolic system in its own right that interfaces with thought and speech production, Calbris' book brings a challenging new perspective to gesture studies and will be seminal for generations of gesture researchers.

The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics

2017-06-01 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : Barbara Dancygier
Release : 2017-06-01
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics by : Barbara Dancygier

Download or read book The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics written by Barbara Dancygier. This book was released on 2017-06-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best survey of cognitive linguistics available, this Handbook provides a thorough explanation of its rich methodology, key results, and interdisciplinary context. With in-depth coverage of the research questions, basic concepts, and various theoretical approaches, the Handbook addresses newly emerging subfields and shows their contribution to the discipline. The Handbook introduces fields of study that have become central to cognitive linguistics, such as conceptual mappings and construction grammar. It explains all the main areas of linguistic analysis traditionally expected in a full linguistics framework, and includes fields of study such as language acquisition, sociolinguistics, diachronic studies, and corpus linguistics. Setting linguistic facts within the context of many other disciplines, the Handbook will be welcomed by researchers and students in a broad range of disciplines, including linguistics, cognitive science, neuroscience, gesture studies, computational linguistics, and multimodal studies.

The Impulse to Gesture

2018-08-23 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : Simon Harrison
Release : 2018-08-23
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Download or read book The Impulse to Gesture written by Simon Harrison. This book was released on 2018-08-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Establishing the inseparability of grammar and gesture, this book explains what determines when, how, and why we gesture.

Gesture

2004-09-23 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : Adam Kendon
Release : 2004-09-23
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Download or read book Gesture written by Adam Kendon. This book was released on 2004-09-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gesture, or visible bodily action that is seen as intimately involved in the activity of speaking, has long fascinated scholars and laymen alike. Written by a leading authority on the subject, this 2004 study provides a comprehensive treatment of gesture and its use in interaction, drawing on the analysis of everyday conversations to demonstrate its varied role in the construction of utterances. Adam Kendon accompanies his analyses with an extended discussion of the history of the study of gesture - a topic not dealt with in any previous publication - as well as exploring the relationship between gesture and sign language, and how the use of gesture varies according to cultural and language differences. Set to become the definitive account of the topic, Gesture will be invaluable to all those interested in human communication. Its publication marks a major development, both in semiotics and in the emerging field of gesture studies.

Language and Gesture

2000-08-03 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : David McNeill
Release : 2000-08-03
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Download or read book Language and Gesture written by David McNeill. This book was released on 2000-08-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Landmark study on the role of gestures in relation to speech and thought.

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