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 …

Aphasia is an impairment of language caused by acquired brain damage such as stroke or
traumatic brain injury, that affects a person's ability to communicate effectively. The aim of …

Gestures are seemingly trivial, but actually they are interesting and crucial components of
language. By studying them, in conjunction with language (not in isolation), we gain new …

This bold and brilliant book asks the ultimate question of the life sciences: How did the
human mind acquire its incomparable power? In seeking the answer, Merlin Donald traces …

This Instructor's Resource Manual has been written to accompany the seventh edition of
Nonverbal Communication in Human Interaction by Mark L. Knapp, Judith A. Hall, and Terry …

Argues that gestures and speech are parts of the same psychological structure and share a
computational stage. This argument is based on the close temporal, semantic, pragmatic …

My goal in writing this book has been to convey the principles and issues of
psycholinguistics in a straightforward and accessible manner. The field, although principally …

This textbook augments the first edition through the inclusion of a set of reseach and review
papers selected by the authors to supplement the contents of each chapter by providing a …

Background: AphasiaBank is a computerised database of interviews between persons with
aphasia (PWAs) and clinicians. By February 2011 the database had grown to include 145 …

This is a classic edition of Geoffrey Beattie's and Andrew Ellis' influential introduction to the
psychology of human language and communication, now including a new reflective …