Why we gesture : the surprising role of hand movements in communication /

"Gestures are fundamental to the way we communicate, yet our understanding of this communicative impulse is clouded by a number of ingrained assumptions. Are gestures merely ornamentation to speech? Are they simply an 'add-on' to spoken language? Why do we gesture? These and other que...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	McNeill, David, 1933- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Subjects:	Gesture. Speech and gesture. Psycholinguistics. Gester. Kroppsspråket. Icke-verbal kommunikation. Språkpsykologi.
Online Access:	Cover image