We examine the embodiment of one foundational aspect of human cognition, language,
through its bodily association with the gestures that accompany its expression in speech …

Gesturing is such an integral yet unconscious part of communication that we are mostly
oblivious to it. But if you observe anyone in conversation, you are likely to see his or her …

Gestures are fundamental to the way we communicate, yet our understanding of this
communicative impulse is clouded by a number of ingrained assumptions. Are gestures …

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 …

Speakers convey meaning not only through words, but also through gestures. Although
children are exposed to co‐speech gestures from birth, we do not know how the developing …

Gesture is one of the least charted terrains in human communication. This article presents
one in a series of attempts to illuminate the forms, uses, meanings, and functions of hand …

Despite the fact that they are produced in different modalities, gesture and speech form a
unified communication system in adults. To explore whether symbolic communicative …

Language can be understood as an embodied system, expressible as gestures. Perception
of these gestures depends on the “mirror system,” first discovered in monkeys, in which the …

People move their hands as they talk–they gesture. Gesturing is a robust phenomenon,
found across cultures, ages, and tasks. Gesture is even found in individuals blind from birth …

This book is about cognitive connections between gesture and speech that may be
established during utterance production. Among the functions of gesture presented …