Armstrong, David F. <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-254) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521462134 0521467721 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>94006456  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gesture.<br/>Sign language.<br/>Biolinguistics.<br/>Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.<br/>Language and languages--Origin.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>P117  / .A75 1995 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>419 ARM