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Integrating Gestures

The interdisciplinary nature of gesture
  • Edited by: Gale Stam and Mika Ishino
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2011
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Gesture Studies
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Gestures are ubiquitous and natural in our everyday life. They convey information about culture, discourse, thought, intentionality, emotion, intersubjectivity, cognition, and first and second language acquisition. Additionally, they are used by non-human primates to communicate with their peers and with humans. Consequently, the modern field of gesture studies has attracted researchers from a number of different disciplines such as anthropology, cognitive science, communication, neuroscience, psycholinguistics, primatology, psychology, robotics, sociology and semiotics. This volume presents an overview of the depth and breadth of current research in gesture. Its focus is on the interdisciplinary nature of gesture. The twenty-six chapters included in the volume are divided into six sections or themes: the nature and functions of gesture, first language development and gesture, second language effects on gesture, gesture in the classroom and in problem solving, gesture aspects of discourse and interaction, and gestural analysis of music and dance.
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Reviews

Roland Posner, Honorary President of the International Association for Semiotic Studies IASS, Berlin Institute of Technology:
After decades of methodological self-reflection, the field of gesture studies has now reached a stage which allows steady accumulation of empirically based knowledge. The present volume gives an impressive survey of the kinds and functions of gestures occurring in humans and other primates and introduces the reader into the leading paradigms of contemporary gesture research. The contributors include prominent gesture researchers as well as promising young professionals with an interdisciplinary background and exemplify the successful international cooperation taking place in this fascinating field. The volume is of particular value for readers interested in first and second language development, social cognition, and problem-solving by means of gestures.


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Part I. Nature and functions of gestures

Mika Ishino and Gale Stam
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Erica A. Cartmill and Richard W. Byrne
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David McNeill and Claudia Sowa
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Janet Bavelas, Jennifer Gerwing, Meredith Allison and Chantelle Sutton
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Motivation to communicate affects gesture production
Autumn Hostetter, Martha W. Alibali and Sheree M. Schrager
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Katharina Hogrefe, Wolfram Ziegler and Georg Goldenberg
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Maria Graziano, Adam Kendon and Carla Cristilli
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Part II. First language development and gesture

Gestures of preverbal children reveal cognitive and social skills that do not wait for words
Claire D. Vallotton
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Developmental constraints on the emergence of conventional gestures and infant signs
Maria Fusaro and Claire D. Vallotton
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Maria Zammit and Graham Schafer
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Mats Andrén
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Şeyda Özçalışkan and Susan Goldin-Meadow
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Kazuki Sekine
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Developmental trends in formal and semantic gesture competence
Olga Capirci, Carla Cristilli, V. De Angelis and Maria Graziano
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Hannah Sowden, Michael R. Perkins and Judy Clegg
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Part III. Second language effects on gesture

Meghan Zvaigzne, Yuriko Oshima-Takane, Fred Genesee and Makiko Hirakawa
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Kendra Newbury
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Part IV. Gesture in the classroom and in problem-solving

Gesture, engagement and awareness in school mathematics
Susan Gerofsky
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Mitchell J. Nathan and Martha W. Alibali
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Mingyuan Chu and Sotaro Kita
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Part V. Gesture aspects of discourse and interaction

How we use our hands to introduce versus refer back
Stephani Foraker
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Katie Wilkin and Judith Holler
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Investigating nonverbal parameters of the participation framework
Claire Maury-Rouan
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The situated establishment of speakership
Lorenza Mondada and Florence Oloff
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Part VI. Gestural analysis of music and dance

The choir conductor’s multimodal communication
Isabella Poggi
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Exploring metaphoric gesture and non-verbal communication via an interactive art installation
Ellen Campana, Jessica Mumford, Cristóbal Martínez, Stjepan Rajko, Todd Ingalls, Lisa Tolentino and Harvey Thornburg
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