... Introduction. The Conference was originally thought of by Richard Harris, who did much of the... more ... Introduction. The Conference was originally thought of by Richard Harris, who did much of the preliminary correspondemce, and who was responsible for getting the conference accepted as part of the program of the IXth Congress. ...
1. J Soc Psychol. 1963 Dec;61:185-99. STRATEGY IN GAMES AND FOLK TALES. ROBERTS JM, SUTTON-SMITH ... more 1. J Soc Psychol. 1963 Dec;61:185-99. STRATEGY IN GAMES AND FOLK TALES. ROBERTS JM, SUTTON-SMITH B, KENDON A. PMID: 14084800 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]. MeSH Terms. Culture*; Folklore*; Group Processes*; Play and Playthings*.
... information only about itself. It points beyond itself to a state of affairs of which it is a... more ... information only about itself. It points beyond itself to a state of affairs of which it is an index. And ultimately, as with the cat's mew, the action and what it refers to may become completely separated. Studies with many different ...
... it appears first that the stroke of G-Phrase 1, the horizontal inward movement of the left ar... more ... it appears first that the stroke of G-Phrase 1, the horizontal inward movement of the left arm, commenced ... asking why both the psychiatrist and the social worker F had had difficulty in gettingthe patient to ... As he says' nail down'he raises his right arm, hand posed as if it is holding ...
... Jocelyne Vincent Marrelli and Carla Cristilli, both of the Istituto Universitario Orientale o... more ... Jocelyne Vincent Marrelli and Carla Cristilli, both of the Istituto Universitario Orientale of Naples, have been valuable as friends and colleagues and have given me advice and help on numerous points, as has Massimo Marrelli of the University of Naples. ...
Language and Intelligence in Monkeys and Apes, edited by Parker and Gibson, consists of studies... more Language and Intelligence in Monkeys and Apes, edited by Parker and Gibson, consists of studies of monkeys and a es and is relatively untouched by philosop K ical concepts of mind. Papers are collected into six topics: theoretical frameworks, development of Cebus ...
... information only about itself. It points beyond itself to a state of affairs of which it is a... more ... information only about itself. It points beyond itself to a state of affairs of which it is an index. And ultimately, as with the cat's mew, the action and what it refers to may become completely separated. Studies with many different ...
In the previous chapter, using a single example as an illustration, we noted at least four differ... more In the previous chapter, using a single example as an illustration, we noted at least four different ways in which representational gestures collaborated with the verbal component of an utterance to contribute to its referential meaning. We saw how M used a gesture as an object of deictic reference for a verbal expression, how he used gestures to contribute information about the spatial orientation, spatial relationships or relative spatial positioning of objects referred to and how he used a gesture to provide greater specificity to the meaning of a verb phrase. There were also examples in which he used a gesture that seemed to have a meaning that was the same as the concurrent verbal expression. In these cases, we suggested, the gesture may have contributed to how the recipient experienced the utterance, allowing it to be apprehended in a more enriched, vivid and evocative way than it would have been without the gesture. In this chapter further examples are offered to illustrate the different kinds of contributions that gesture can make to referential meaning, including those already noted in the last chapter. Six different kinds of contributions are distinguished. Each will be discussed and illustrated in turn. (1)There are gestures which have a ‘'narrow gloss’ which are used in parallel with those words or phrases that are often said to be equivalent to them. In such cases it is as if the speaker is simultaneously uttering in gesture the very same thing that is being uttered in words.
Taking the recent publication of The Gestural Origin of Language by David Armstrong and Sherman W... more Taking the recent publication of The Gestural Origin of Language by David Armstrong and Sherman Wilcox as a starting point, this essay discusses a number of issues and difficulties raised by the idea that language first emerged as a gesture-language, only later to become spoken. It is argued that while modern sign languages may throw light on processes that are fundamental to language formation, they cannot be considered representations of an earlier form of language, as some writers seem to suppose, nor does their existence offer any support for a ‘gesture first’ theory. Rather, language must have been, from its first appearance, a multimodal phenomenon. It is pointed out that modern speakers, qua speakers speaking spontaneously, always employ several modalities together in a complex orchestration. However, the model of language generally followed in linguistics, whether the language studied is spoken or signed, does not usually take this into consideration. An abstracted idea of l...
The target article is consistent with seeing languages as semiotically heterogenous, using catego... more The target article is consistent with seeing languages as semiotically heterogenous, using categorial, depictive, and analogic semiotic signs. “Gesture,” used in the target article, is shown to be vague and not useful. Kendon's view, criticised in the target, is restated. His proposal for comparative semiotic analyses of how visible bodily action is used in utterance production is reexplained.
... Introduction. The Conference was originally thought of by Richard Harris, who did much of the... more ... Introduction. The Conference was originally thought of by Richard Harris, who did much of the preliminary correspondemce, and who was responsible for getting the conference accepted as part of the program of the IXth Congress. ...
1. J Soc Psychol. 1963 Dec;61:185-99. STRATEGY IN GAMES AND FOLK TALES. ROBERTS JM, SUTTON-SMITH ... more 1. J Soc Psychol. 1963 Dec;61:185-99. STRATEGY IN GAMES AND FOLK TALES. ROBERTS JM, SUTTON-SMITH B, KENDON A. PMID: 14084800 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]. MeSH Terms. Culture*; Folklore*; Group Processes*; Play and Playthings*.
... information only about itself. It points beyond itself to a state of affairs of which it is a... more ... information only about itself. It points beyond itself to a state of affairs of which it is an index. And ultimately, as with the cat's mew, the action and what it refers to may become completely separated. Studies with many different ...
... it appears first that the stroke of G-Phrase 1, the horizontal inward movement of the left ar... more ... it appears first that the stroke of G-Phrase 1, the horizontal inward movement of the left arm, commenced ... asking why both the psychiatrist and the social worker F had had difficulty in gettingthe patient to ... As he says' nail down'he raises his right arm, hand posed as if it is holding ...
... Jocelyne Vincent Marrelli and Carla Cristilli, both of the Istituto Universitario Orientale o... more ... Jocelyne Vincent Marrelli and Carla Cristilli, both of the Istituto Universitario Orientale of Naples, have been valuable as friends and colleagues and have given me advice and help on numerous points, as has Massimo Marrelli of the University of Naples. ...
Language and Intelligence in Monkeys and Apes, edited by Parker and Gibson, consists of studies... more Language and Intelligence in Monkeys and Apes, edited by Parker and Gibson, consists of studies of monkeys and a es and is relatively untouched by philosop K ical concepts of mind. Papers are collected into six topics: theoretical frameworks, development of Cebus ...
... information only about itself. It points beyond itself to a state of affairs of which it is a... more ... information only about itself. It points beyond itself to a state of affairs of which it is an index. And ultimately, as with the cat's mew, the action and what it refers to may become completely separated. Studies with many different ...
In the previous chapter, using a single example as an illustration, we noted at least four differ... more In the previous chapter, using a single example as an illustration, we noted at least four different ways in which representational gestures collaborated with the verbal component of an utterance to contribute to its referential meaning. We saw how M used a gesture as an object of deictic reference for a verbal expression, how he used gestures to contribute information about the spatial orientation, spatial relationships or relative spatial positioning of objects referred to and how he used a gesture to provide greater specificity to the meaning of a verb phrase. There were also examples in which he used a gesture that seemed to have a meaning that was the same as the concurrent verbal expression. In these cases, we suggested, the gesture may have contributed to how the recipient experienced the utterance, allowing it to be apprehended in a more enriched, vivid and evocative way than it would have been without the gesture. In this chapter further examples are offered to illustrate the different kinds of contributions that gesture can make to referential meaning, including those already noted in the last chapter. Six different kinds of contributions are distinguished. Each will be discussed and illustrated in turn. (1)There are gestures which have a ‘'narrow gloss’ which are used in parallel with those words or phrases that are often said to be equivalent to them. In such cases it is as if the speaker is simultaneously uttering in gesture the very same thing that is being uttered in words.
Taking the recent publication of The Gestural Origin of Language by David Armstrong and Sherman W... more Taking the recent publication of The Gestural Origin of Language by David Armstrong and Sherman Wilcox as a starting point, this essay discusses a number of issues and difficulties raised by the idea that language first emerged as a gesture-language, only later to become spoken. It is argued that while modern sign languages may throw light on processes that are fundamental to language formation, they cannot be considered representations of an earlier form of language, as some writers seem to suppose, nor does their existence offer any support for a ‘gesture first’ theory. Rather, language must have been, from its first appearance, a multimodal phenomenon. It is pointed out that modern speakers, qua speakers speaking spontaneously, always employ several modalities together in a complex orchestration. However, the model of language generally followed in linguistics, whether the language studied is spoken or signed, does not usually take this into consideration. An abstracted idea of l...
The target article is consistent with seeing languages as semiotically heterogenous, using catego... more The target article is consistent with seeing languages as semiotically heterogenous, using categorial, depictive, and analogic semiotic signs. “Gesture,” used in the target article, is shown to be vague and not useful. Kendon's view, criticised in the target, is restated. His proposal for comparative semiotic analyses of how visible bodily action is used in utterance production is reexplained.
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