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We speak not only with our mouths, but also with our hands. And
that is not all: this book advances the argument that the gestures
which accompany speech are also part of the material to be
considered in a grammatical description of German. Using exemplars
from the field of syntax, the study demonstrates firstly that
gestures can be typologised and semanticised, secondly that,
independently of spoken language, constituent structures can be
assigned to them which display the quality of recursivity, and
thirdly that they can function as attributes in nominal groups in
spoken language.
The book deals with the fundamental question of how language
comprehension and situational comprehension interact with one
another. Using an oral description of a tour of Potsdam Square in
Berlin as an example, the author shows how pointing gestures
interact with deictic expressions or pointing words such as "here"
or "there," enabling objects to be localized distinctly. The
resulting theory on verbal and physical pointing lies within and
between the contexts of linguistics, semiotics and gesture studies.
Volume II of the handbook offers a unique collection of exemplary
case studies. In five chapters and 99 articles it presents the
state of the art on how body movements are used for communication
around the world. Topics include the functions of body movements,
their contexts of occurrence, their forms and meanings, their
integration with speech, and how bodily motion can function as
language. By including an interdisciplinary chapter on
'embodiment', volume II explores the body and its role in the
grounding of language and communication from one of the most widely
discussed current theoretical perspectives. Volume II of the
handbook thus entails the following chapters: VI. Gestures across
cultures, VII. Body movements: functions, contexts and
interactions, VIII. Gesture and language, IX. Embodiment: the body
and its role for cognition, emotion, and communication, X. Sign
Language: Visible body movements as language. Authors include: Mats
Andren, Richard Asheley, Benjamin Bergen, Ulrike Bohle, Dominique
Boutet, Heather Brookes, Penelope Brown, Kensy Cooperrider, Onno
Crasborn, Seana Coulson, James Essegby, Maria Graziano, Marianne
Gullberg, Simon Harrison, Hermann Kappelhoff, Mardi Kidwell, Irene
Kimbara, Stefan Kopp, Grigoriy Kreidlin, Dan Loehr, Irene
Mittelberg, Aliyah Morgenstern, Rafael Nunez, Isabella Poggi, David
Quinto-Pozos, Monica Rector, Pio Enrico Ricci-Bitti, Goeran
Sonesson, Timo Sowa, Gale Stam, Eve Sweetser, Mark Tutton, Ipke
Wachsmuth, Linda Waugh, Sherman Wilcox.
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