Spoken language is an innate ability of the human being and represents the most
widespread mode of social communication. The ability to share concepts, intentions and …

When people talk to each other, they often make arm and hand movements that accompany
what they say. These manual movements, called “co-speech gestures,” can convey meaning …

The home of human language use is face-to-face interaction, a context in which
communicative exchanges are characterised not only by bodily signals accompanying what …

As we speak, we use not only the arbitrary form–meaning mappings of the speech channel
but also motivated form–meaning correspondences, ie iconic gestures that accompany …

In a conversation, recognising the speaker's social action (eg, a request) early may help the
potential following speakers understand the intended message quickly, and plan a timely …

Mirror neurons may hold the brain's key to social interaction-each coding not only a
particular action or emotion but also the recognition of that action or emotion in others. The …

Communication is an important aspect of human life, allowing us to powerfully coordinate
our behaviour with that of others. Boiled down to its mere essentials, communication entails …

How do people organize their body movement and talk when they interact with one another
in the material world? How do they coordinate linguistic structures with bodily resources …

Symbolic gestures, such as pantomimes that signify actions (eg, threading a needle) or
emblems that facilitate social transactions (eg, finger to lips indicating “be quiet”), play an …

Different theories have been proposed for explaining the evolution of language. One of this
maintains that gestural communication has been the precursor of human speech. Here we …