The gestural origin of language /
Armstrong, David F.
The gestural origin of language / David F. Armstrong, Sherman E. Wilcox. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. - 151 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Perspectives on deafness .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-146) and index.
1. Grasping Language: Sign and the Evolution of Language ; 2. Language in the Wild: Paleontological and Primatological Evidence for Gestural Origins ; 3. Gesture, Sign, and Speech ; 4. Gesture, Sign, and Grammar: The Ritualization of Language ; 5. Conceptual Spaces and Embodied Actions ; 6. The Gesture-Language Interface ; 7. Invention of Visual Languages
0195163486 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780195163483 (cloth : alk. paper)
2006023748
Language and languages--Origin.
Sign language.
P116 / .A753 2007
419 ARM W
The gestural origin of language / David F. Armstrong, Sherman E. Wilcox. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. - 151 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Perspectives on deafness .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-146) and index.
1. Grasping Language: Sign and the Evolution of Language ; 2. Language in the Wild: Paleontological and Primatological Evidence for Gestural Origins ; 3. Gesture, Sign, and Speech ; 4. Gesture, Sign, and Grammar: The Ritualization of Language ; 5. Conceptual Spaces and Embodied Actions ; 6. The Gesture-Language Interface ; 7. Invention of Visual Languages
0195163486 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780195163483 (cloth : alk. paper)
2006023748
Language and languages--Origin.
Sign language.
P116 / .A753 2007
419 ARM W