Integrating gestures
Subtitle: the interdisciplinary nature of gesture
By: edited by Gale Stam, Mika Ishino
Series: Gesture studies -- vol. 4
Publisher: John Benjamins Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9789027228451; 9789027287205
Subjects: Study and teaching; Second language acquisition; Language and languages; Gesture
Description: Gestures convey information about culture, discourse, thought, intentionality, emotion, intersubjectivity, cognition, and first and second language acquisition. Additionally, they are used by non-human primates to communicate with their peers and with humans. Consequently, the modern field of gesture studies has attracted researchers from a number of different disciplines such as anthropology, cognitive science, communication, neuroscience, psycholinguistics, primatology, psychology, robotics, sociology and semiotics. This volume presents an overview of the depth and breadth of current research in gesture. Its focus is on the interdisciplinary nature of gesture. The chapters included in the volume are divided into six themes: the nature and functions of gesture, first language development and gesture, second language effects on gesture, gesture in the classroom and in problem solving, gesture aspects of discourse and interaction, and gestural analysis of music and dance.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.