Why We Gesture: The Surprising Role of Hand Movements in Communication
Gestures are fundamental to the way we communicate, yet our understanding of this communicative impulse is clouded by a number of ingrained assumptions. Are gestures merely ornamentation to speech? Are they simply an 'add-on' to spoken language? Why do we gesture? These and other questions are addressed in this fascinating book. McNeill explains that the common view of language and gesture as separate entities is misinformed: language is inseparable from gesture. There is gesture-speech unity. Containing over 100 illustrations, Why We Gesture provides visual evidence to support the book's central argument that gestures orchestrate speech. Thi…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-316-50236-5
- EAN: 9781316502365
- Produktnummer: 19240283
- Verlag: Cambridge
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 221 S.
- Masse: H22.6 cm x B14.9 cm x D1.5 cm 359 g
- Gewicht: 359
Über den Autor
David McNeill has taught at the University of Michigan, Harvard University, Duke University, and the University of Chicago, where he is now an Emeritus Professor.
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