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
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
49749137917 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/49749137917
STARS Citation
McNeill, David; Duncan, Susan D.; Cole, Jonathan; Gallagher, Shaun; and Bertenthal, Bennett, "Growth Points From The Very Beginning" (2008). Scopus Export 2000s. 9818.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2000/9818