• What does the enrichment of language with imagery show us of language and thought? In
recent years the rise of sign language as a topic of interest in psychology and linguistics has …

Describes conventional and nonconventional gestures, asserting they form an integrated
system with language but on different levels, working together to produce a web of visuo …

Gesture—the long-neglected sister of language—surrounds speech with a web of images.
Gestures with speech are as much a part of language as are the words, phrases, and …

Gesture is defined as a movement of the arms and hands in a region of space reserved for
symbolic expression, typically in front of the torso. Only those movements that are regarded …