Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: language from the body
- 1 The universe of gesture
- 2 The nature of gesture
- 3 Are signed and spoken languages differently organized?
- 4 Is language modular?
- 5 Do we have a genetically programmed drive to acquire language?
- 6 Language from the body politic
- 7 The origin of syntax: gesture as name and relation
- 8 Language from the body: an evolutionary perspective
- References
- Author index
- Subject index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: language from the body
- 1 The universe of gesture
- 2 The nature of gesture
- 3 Are signed and spoken languages differently organized?
- 4 Is language modular?
- 5 Do we have a genetically programmed drive to acquire language?
- 6 Language from the body politic
- 7 The origin of syntax: gesture as name and relation
- 8 Language from the body: an evolutionary perspective
- References
- Author index
- Subject index
Summary
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- Gesture and the Nature of Language , pp. vii - ixPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1995