22 The Body in Communication: Lessons from the Near-Human

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. I. Introduction
4. 1 Introduction: The Dynamic Dimension of Language 3
5. 2 On the Origins of Modern Gesture Studies 13
6. II. Language and Cognition
7. 3 Gesture with Speech and Without it 31
8. 4 From Gestures to Signs in the Acquisition of Sign Language 51
9. 5 How does Spoken Language Shape Iconic Gestures? 67
10. 6 Forgetful or Strategic? The Mystery of the Systematic Avoidance of Reference in the Cartoon Story Narrative 75
11. 7 Metagesture: An Analysis of Theoretical Discourse about Multimodal Language 83
12. 8 Potential Cognitive Universals: Evidence from Head Movements in Turkana 91
13. 9 Blending in Deception: Tracing Output Back to its Source 99
14. 10 A Dynamic View of Metaphor, Gesture and Thought 109
15. 11 Second Language Acquisition from a McNeillian Perspective 117
16. III. Environmental Context and Sociality
17. 12 Face-to-face Dialogue as a Micro-social Context: The Example of Motor Mimicry 127
18. 13 Master Speakers, Master Gesturers: A String Quarter Master Class 147
19. 14 Constructing Spatial Conceptualizations from Limited Input: Evidence from Norwegian Sign Language 173
20. 15 Environmentally Coupled Gestures 195
21. 16 Indexing Locations in Gesture: Recalled Stimulus Image and Interspeaker Coordination as Factors Influencing Gesture Form 213
22. 17 The Role of Iconic Gesture in Semantic Communication and its Theoretical and Practical Implications 221
23. 18 Intersubjectivity in Gestures: The Speaker's Perspective toward the Addressee 243
24. 19 An Integrated Approach to the Study of Convention, Conflict, and Compliance in Interaction 251
25. IV. Atypical Minds and Bodies
26. 20 Discourse Focus, Gesture, and Disfluent Aphasia 269
27. 21 The Construction of a Temporally Coherent Narrative by an Autistic Adolescent: Co-contributions of Speech, Enactment and Gesture 285
28. 22 The Body in Communication: Lessons from the Near-Human 303
29. Index 323