Title

Growth points from the very beginning

Authors

Authors

D. McNeill; S. D. Duncan; J. Cole; S. Gallagher;B. Bertenthal

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Interact. Stud.

Keywords

social interaction; gesture; pantomime; growth point theory; thinking-for-speaking; LANGUAGE; EVOLUTION; GESTURES; HAND; Communication; Linguistics

Abstract

Early humans formed language units consisting of global and discrete dimensions of semiosis in dynamic opposition, or 'growth points' At some point, gestures gained the power to orchestrate actions, manual and vocal, with significances other than those of the actions themselves, giving rise to cognition framed in dual terms. However, our proposal emphasizes natural selection of joint gesture-speech, not 'gesture-first' in language origin.

Journal Title

Interaction Studies

Volume

9

Issue/Number

1

Publication Date

1-1-2008

Document Type

Article

DOI Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/is.9.1.09mcn

Language

English

First Page

117

Last Page

132

WOS Identifier

WOS:000254705400008

ISSN

1572-0373

Recommended Citation

"Growth points from the very beginning" (2008). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 719.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/719