Growth points from the very beginning

    Authors

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

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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

    Language

    English

    First Page

    117

    Last Page

    132

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000254705400008

    ISSN

    1572-0373

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