How does sign language compare with gesture, on the one hand, and spoken language on
the other? Sign was once viewed as nothing more than a system of pictorial gestures without …

When people talk, they gesture. Gesture is a fundamental component of language that
contributes meaningful and unique information to a spoken message and reflects the …

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 …

Many nonverbal behaviors—smiling, blushing, shrugging—reveal our emotions. One
nonverbal behavior, gesturing, exposes our thoughts. This book explores how we move our …

Cognitive research on metaphoric concepts of time has focused on differences between
moving Ego and moving time models, but even more basic is the contrast between Ego‐and …

Human language is not the same as human speech. We use gestures and signs to
communicate alongside, or instead of, speaking. Yet gestures and speech are processed in …

Music is possessed by all human cultures, and archaeological evidence for musical
activities pre-dates even the earliest known cave art. Music has been the subject of keen …

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 …

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This paper outlines some reasons for why gestures are relevant to the study of SLA. First,
given cross-cultural and cross-linguistic gestural repertoires, gestures can be treated as part …