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1 online resource (viii, 383 pages) : illustrations. |
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Language and the human lifespan series |
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Language and the human lifespan series.
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1 Introduction to Gesture in Language -- I An Emblematic Gesture: Pointing -- 2 Pointing in Gesture and Sign -- 3 Early Pointing Gestures -- II Gesture Before Speech -- 4 Early Gesture Predicts Later Language Development -- 5 Interaction Among Modalities and Within Development -- III Gesture With Speech During Language Learning -- 6 Constructing a System of Communication With Gestures and Words -- 7 Embodying Language Complexity: Co-Speech Gestures Between Age 3 and 4 -- 8 Gesture Can Facilitate Children's Learning and Generalization of Verbs -- IV Gesture After Speech Is Mastered -- 9 On the Codevelopment of Gesture and Monologic Discourse in Children -- 10 Understanding How Gestures Are Produced and Perceived -- 11 Gesture in the Aging Brain -- V Gesture With More Than One Language -- 12 Gesture in Bilingual Language Acquisition -- 13 Bimodal Convergence: How Languages Interact in Multicompetent Language Users' Speech and Gestures -- 14 Gesture Helps Second and Foreign Language Learning and Teaching -- Afterword: Gesture as Part of Language or Partner to Language Across the Lifespan -- Index -- About the Editors |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
"When do human beings begin producing gestures, and how do they evolve throughout our cognitive and social development? This book investigates the rich and complex ways in which gesture precedes language development and then is used in conjunction with language across the lifespan. Some experts argue that gesture is a part of language, while others argue it is a partner to language. But all agree that gesture plays a major role in language development and practices, and therefore must be captured by scientific analyses. This volume explores gesture's many functions--communicative, restorative, cognitive--across cultures and ages, in monolingual and multilingual populations, in students and in teachers. Gestures, verbal productions, signs, gazes, facial expressions, and postures are all part of our socially learned, intersubjective communicative systems that we combine for the purpose of sharing meaning, referring to present and absent entities and events, expressing projects, desires, and feelings, and so much more. Collectively, the chapters demonstrate how gestures contribute to the cognitive and social development of humans within their lifespan, and may also indicate the efficacy of interactional practices and cognitive processes. This book is thought-provoking reading for psycholinguists, cognitive scientists, and all who study language development"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 04, 2022). |
| Subject |
Body language.
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Gesture.
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Cognition.
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Kinesics.
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Gestures.
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Cognition.
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PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology.
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Body language. (OCoLC)fst00835365
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Cognition. (OCoLC)fst00866457
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Gesture. (OCoLC)fst00942279
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| Added Author |
Morgenstern, Aliyah, editor.
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Goldin-Meadow, Susan, editor.
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American Psychological Association.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gesture in language Washington : American Psychological Association, [2022] 9781433836299 (DLC) 2021021511 |
| ISBN |
9781433838422 electronic book |
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1433838427 electronic book |
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9781433836299 hardcover |
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