Title

Gesture-first, but no gestures?

Authors

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

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WOS Identifier

WOS:000231280500016

ISSN

0140-525X

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