Title
Gesture-First, But No Gestures?
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.
Publication Date
4-1-2005
Publication Title
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume
28
Issue
2
Number of Pages
138-139
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X05360031
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
24944496936 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/24944496936
STARS Citation
McNeill, David; Bertenthal, Bennett; and Cole, Jonathan, "Gesture-First, But No Gestures?" (2005). Scopus Export 2000s. 4028.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2000/4028