Critchley, Macdonald.

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 //

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Gesture.
Sign language.

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