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The gestural communication of apes

  • Simone Pika , Katja Liebal , Josep Call und Michael Tomasello
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Gestural Communication in Nonhuman and Human Primates
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Abstract

Gestural communication of nonhuman primates may allow insight into the evolutionary scenario of human communication given the flexible use and learning of gestures as opposed to vocalizations. This paper provides an overview of the work on the gestural communication of apes with the focus on their repertoire, learning mechanisms, and the flexibility of gesture use during interactions with conspecifics. Although there is a variation between the species in the types and numbers of gestures performed, the influence of ecology, social structure and cognitive skills on their gestural repertoires is relatively restricted. As opposed to humans, apes do not use their gestures referentially nor do their gestures show the symbolic or conventionalized features of human gestural communication. However, since the gestural repertoires of apes are characterized by a high degree of individual variability and flexibility of use as opposed to their vocalizations it seems plausible that the gestures were the modality within which symbolic communication first evolved.

Abstract

Gestural communication of nonhuman primates may allow insight into the evolutionary scenario of human communication given the flexible use and learning of gestures as opposed to vocalizations. This paper provides an overview of the work on the gestural communication of apes with the focus on their repertoire, learning mechanisms, and the flexibility of gesture use during interactions with conspecifics. Although there is a variation between the species in the types and numbers of gestures performed, the influence of ecology, social structure and cognitive skills on their gestural repertoires is relatively restricted. As opposed to humans, apes do not use their gestures referentially nor do their gestures show the symbolic or conventionalized features of human gestural communication. However, since the gestural repertoires of apes are characterized by a high degree of individual variability and flexibility of use as opposed to their vocalizations it seems plausible that the gestures were the modality within which symbolic communication first evolved.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents vii
  3. About the Authors ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Part I. Evolution of language and the role of gestural communication
  6. The syntactic motor system 7
  7. Part II. Gestural communication in nonhuman primates
  8. The gestural communication of apes 37
  9. Gestural communication in three species of macaques ( Macaca mulatta , M. nemestrina , M. arctoides ) 53
  10. Multimodal concomitants of manual gesture by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) 69
  11. Requesting gestures in captive monkeys and apes 83
  12. Cross-fostered chimpanzees modulate signs of American Sign Language 97
  13. Part III. Gestural communication in human primates
  14. Human twelve-month-olds point cooperatively to share interest with and helpfully provide information for a communicative partner 123
  15. From action to language through gesture 141
  16. The link and differences between deixis and symbols in children’s early gestural-vocal system 163
  17. A cross-cultural comparison of communicative gestures in human infants during the transition to language 183
  18. How does linguistic framing of events influence co-speech gestures? 199
  19. The two faces of gesture 219
  20. Part IV. Future directions
  21. Gestures in human and nonhuman primates 237
  22. Book Review
  23. Michael C. Corballis (2002). From hand to mouth. The origins of language 261
  24. Index 281
https://doi.org/10.1075/bct.10.05pik

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents vii
  3. About the Authors ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Part I. Evolution of language and the role of gestural communication
  6. The syntactic motor system 7
  7. Part II. Gestural communication in nonhuman primates
  8. The gestural communication of apes 37
  9. Gestural communication in three species of macaques ( Macaca mulatta , M. nemestrina , M. arctoides ) 53
  10. Multimodal concomitants of manual gesture by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) 69
  11. Requesting gestures in captive monkeys and apes 83
  12. Cross-fostered chimpanzees modulate signs of American Sign Language 97
  13. Part III. Gestural communication in human primates
  14. Human twelve-month-olds point cooperatively to share interest with and helpfully provide information for a communicative partner 123
  15. From action to language through gesture 141
  16. The link and differences between deixis and symbols in children’s early gestural-vocal system 163
  17. A cross-cultural comparison of communicative gestures in human infants during the transition to language 183
  18. How does linguistic framing of events influence co-speech gestures? 199
  19. The two faces of gesture 219
  20. Part IV. Future directions
  21. Gestures in human and nonhuman primates 237
  22. Book Review
  23. Michael C. Corballis (2002). From hand to mouth. The origins of language 261
  24. Index 281
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