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Why We GestureDavid McNeill

Why We Gesture

David McNeill
2015221 pages
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"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 merely ornamentation to speech? Are they simply an 'add-on' to spoken language? Why do we gesture? These and other questions are addressed in this fascinating book. McNeill explains that the common view of language and gesture as separate entities is misinformed: language is inseparable from gesture. There is gesture-speech unity. Containing over 100 illustrations, Why We Gesture provides visual evidence to support the book's…

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4 editions
  • Other · English · 2015
    Cambridge University Press · 221 pages · 9781316502365
  • Other · English · 2015
    Cambridge University Press · 9781316480526
  • Other · English · 2015
    Cambridge University Press · 221 pages · 9781107137189
  • Other · English · 2015
    Cambridge University Press · 9781316485200
PsycholinguisticsGestureSpeech and gestureGesterKroppsspråketIcke-verbal kommunikationSpråkpsykologi