How do we understand what others are trying to say? The answer
cannot be found in language alone. Words are linked to hand
gestures and other visible phenomena to create unified 'composite
utterances'. In this book N. J. Enfield presents original case
studies of speech-with-gesture based on fieldwork carried out with
speakers of Lao (a language of Southeast Asia). He examines
pointing gestures (including lip and finger-pointing) and
illustrative gestures (examples include depicting fish traps and
tracing kinship relations). His detailed analyses focus on the
'semiotic unification' problem, that is, how to make a single
interpretation when multiple signs occur together. Enfield's
arguments have implications for all branches of science with a
stake in meaning and its place in human social life. The book will
appeal to all researchers interested in the study of meaning,
including linguists, anthropologists, and psychologists.
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