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050 0 0 _aP117
_b.M36 2016
082 0 0 _a153.6/9
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100 1 _aMcNeill, David,
_d1933-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aWhy we gesture :
_bthe surprising role of hand movements in communication /
_cDavid McNeill.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2016.
300 _a1 online resource (xviii, 206 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Dec 2015).
505 8 _aMachine generated contents note: Part I. Gesture-Orchestrated Speech: 1. Why we gesture; 2. The growth point; 3. New form of human action; 4. Orchestration and unpacking; 5. Mimicry and metaphor; Part II. Phylogenesis, Ontogenesis, Brain: 6. Phylogenesis; 7. Ontogenesis; 8. Brain; Part III. The Last Page: 9. Why we gesture (again).
520 _aGestures are fundamental to the way we communicate, yet our understanding of this communicative impulse is clouded by a number of ingrained assumptions. Are gestures merely ornamentation to speech? Are they simply an'add-on' to spoken language? Why do we gesture? These and other questions are addressed in this fascinating book. McNeill explains that the common view of language and gesture as separate entities is misinformed: language is inseparable from gesture. There is gesture-speech unity. Containing over 100 illustrations, Why We Gesture provides visual evidence to support the book's central argument that gestures orchestrate speech. This compelling book will be welcomed by students and researchers working in linguistics, psychology and communication.
650 0 _aGesture.
650 0 _aSpeech and gesture.
650 0 _aPsycholinguistics.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781107137189
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316480526
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