Gestures and Speech: Psychological Investigations (Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction)
Cambridge University Press, 8/30/1991
EAN 9780521377621, ISBN10: 0521377625
Hardcover, 220 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm
Language: English
Why do people gesture while speaking? What role does this activity play in verbal exchanges? Which kind of relationship does it exhibit between the verbal and the gestural domains? This 1991 book attempts to answer these questions by surveying research on gestures carried out from various perspectives: psycho- and sociolinguistic, ethological, social, cognitive, and developmental psychological, and neuropsychological. This large coverage makes it unique in the field. Furthermore, the delineation of several approaches to the topic yields a clearer picture of their respective contributions than a commitment to a single view.
Achnowledgements
Introduction
1. Body language
2. Language as gesture
an ethnological approach
3. Autonomy of gestures and speech
the notion of nonverbal communication
4. Cognitive approaches
5. Developmental perspectives
6. Gestures and speech in neuropsychology and psychopathology
References
Subject index.