Gesture-first, but no gestures?

    Authors

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

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Behav. Brain Sci.

    Keywords

    Psychology, Biological; Behavioral Sciences; Neurosciences

    Abstract

    Although Arbib's extension of the mirror-system hypothesis neatly sidesteps one problem with the "gesture-first" theory of language origins, it overlooks the importance of gestures that occur in current-day human linguistic performance, and this lands it with another problem. We argue that, instead of gesture-first, a system of combined vocalization and gestures would have been a more natural evolutionary unit.

    Journal Title

    Behavioral and Brain Sciences

    Volume

    28

    Issue/Number

    2

    Publication Date

    1-1-2005

    Document Type

    Editorial Material

    Language

    English

    First Page

    138

    Last Page

    +

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000231280500016

    ISSN

    0140-525X

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