The integration of gesture with speech production is described, and the various ways in
which—in conversational settings—gesture functions in relation to spoken discourse are …

There are a number of reasons to suppose that language evolved from manual gestures. We
review evidence that the transition from primarily manual to primarily vocal language was a …

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 …

1.1 Abstract Concepts and Word Meanings: How to Define Them?.............................. 1 1.2
Abstraction and Abstractness......................... 3 1.2. 1 Abstractness and the Glue of …

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

Although interest in gesture is of very long standing (see Kendon 1982, Schmitt 1984, 1990
for discussions of the history of gesture studies), it is only within the last decade and a half …

Sign linguistics has always had to deal with the notion of iconicity because sign languages
are much more iconic than vocal languages. Formal sign linguists have often tried to explain …

Title description This book contains a selection of papers presented at the First Forlì
Conference on Interpreting Studies, held on 9-11 November 2000, which saw the …

Neste trabalho se discutem os movimentos teóricos, pedagógicos e ideológicos possíveis
para a educação de surdos. Trata-se de uma análise do movimento de tensão relativo à …

This chapter will be devoted to introducing some characteristics specific of languages in the
visual-gestural modality and providing the reader with the necessary basic knowledge on …