Silent language /
Macdonald Critchley.
- London : Butterworths, 1975.
- 231 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 222-223.
Gesture and expressive movements // Gesture as a component of language // The neurology of gesture // Smiling , laughter , pouting , tears // Hearing eies or the sign talk of deaf mutes // The sign language of primitive communities // Occult sign languages // Oriental literature // Occupational sign languages : digital methods of counting // Sign language and symbolism // Gesture in conversation // The art of rhetoric // Pantomimus and pierrot // Indian mythology and the dance // South ease asian , pacific and sino Japanese dances // Pictorial and other signal systems // Was gesture a precursor of speech // Recommended readings // Index //