Title

Growth Points From The Very Beginning

Keywords

Gesture; Growth point theory; Pantomime; Social interaction; Thinking-for-speaking

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. © John Benjamins Publishing Company.

Publication Date

8-25-2008

Publication Title

Interaction Studies

Volume

9

Issue

1

Number of Pages

117-132

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1075/is.9.1.09mcn

Socpus ID

49749137917 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/49749137917

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