Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the dynamic dimension of language -- On the origins of modern gesture studies -- Gesture with speech and without it -- From gestures to signs in the acquisition of sign language -- How does spoken language shape iconic gestures? -- Forgetful or strategic? the mystery of the systematic avoidance of reference in the cartoon story narrative -- Metagesture: an analysis of theoretical discourse about multimodal language -- Potential cognitive universals: evidence from head movements in Turkana -- Blending in deception: tracing output back to its source -- A dynamic view of metaphor, gesture and thought -- Second language acquisition from a McNeillian perspective -- Face-to-face dialogue as a micro-social context: the example of motor mimicry -- Master speakers, master gesturers: a string quarter master class -- Constructing spiral conceptualizations from limited input: evidence from Norwegian sign language -- Environmentally coupled gestures -- Indexing locations in gesture: recalled stimulus image and interspeaker coordination as factors influencing gesture form -- The role of iconic gesture in semantic communication ands its theoretical and practical implications -- Intersubjectivity in gestures: the speaker's perspective toward the addressee -- An integrated approach to the study of convention, conflict, and compliance in interaction -- Discourse focus, gesture, and disfluent aphasia -- The construction of a temporally coherent narrative by an autistic adolescent: co-contributions of speech, enactment and gesture -- The body in communication: lessons from the near-human.