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• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
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• Release Date : 03 August 2000

Landmark study on the role of gestures in relation to speech and thought.

• Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
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• Release Date : 06 December 2021

Through constant exposure to adult input in interaction, children’s language gradually develops into rich linguistic constructions containing multiple cross-modal elements subtly used together for communicative functions. Sensorimotor schemas provide

• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
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• Release Date : 16 March 1995

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,

• Publisher : Psychology Press
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• Release Date : 17 June 2013

This book brings together papers which address a range of issues regarding the nature and structure of sign languages and other gestural systems, and how they exploit the space in

• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
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• Release Date : 23 August 2018

Establishing the inseparability of grammar and gesture, this book explains what determines when, how, and why we gesture.

• Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
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• Release Date : 07 May 2024

Each of the 21 chapters in this volume reflects a view of language as a dynamic phenomenon with emergent structure, and in each, gesture is approached as part of language, not

• Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
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• Release Date : 15 April 2017

Co-speech gestures are ubiquitous: when people speak, they almost always produce gestures. Gestures reflect content in the mind of the speaker, often under the radar and frequently using rich mental

• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
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• Release Date : 01 June 2017

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

• Publisher : BRILL
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• Release Date : 11 April 2017

The Ten Lectures by Alan Cienki consider what it means to apply theoretical approaches from cognitive linguistics to the dynamic phenomena of speech and gesture. Taking the usage-based commitment seriously

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• Release Date : 07 May 2024

When we speak, we often spontaneously produce gestures. Such gestures are an integral part of face-to-face verbal communication. The relationship between speech and gesture is the theme of this Special