Gesture and the nature of language /
Armstrong, David F.
Gesture and the nature of language / David F. Armstrong, William F. Stokoe, Sherman E. Wilcox. - Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1995. - ix, 260 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-254) and indexes.
Preface; 1. The universe of gesture; 2. The nature of gesture; 3. Are signed and spoken languages differently organized?; 4. Is language modular?; 5. Do we have a genetically programmed drive to acquire language?; 6. Language from the body politic; 7. The origin of syntax: gesture as name and relation; 8. Language from the body: an evolutionary perspective; References; Index.
0521462134 0521467721 (pbk.)
94006456
Gesture.
Sign language.
Biolinguistics.
Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.
Language and languages--Origin.
P117 / .A75 1995
419 ARM
Gesture and the nature of language / David F. Armstrong, William F. Stokoe, Sherman E. Wilcox. - Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1995. - ix, 260 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-254) and indexes.
Preface; 1. The universe of gesture; 2. The nature of gesture; 3. Are signed and spoken languages differently organized?; 4. Is language modular?; 5. Do we have a genetically programmed drive to acquire language?; 6. Language from the body politic; 7. The origin of syntax: gesture as name and relation; 8. Language from the body: an evolutionary perspective; References; Index.
0521462134 0521467721 (pbk.)
94006456
Gesture.
Sign language.
Biolinguistics.
Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.
Language and languages--Origin.
P117 / .A75 1995
419 ARM