TY  - BOOK
AU  - Armstrong,David F.
AU  - Stokoe,William C.
AU  - Wilcox,Sherman
TI  - Gesture and the nature of language
SN  - 0521462134
AV  - P117 .A75 1995
U1  - 419 ARM 20
PY  - 1995///
CY  - Cambridge, New York, NY, USA
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Gesture
KW  - Sign language
KW  - Biolinguistics
KW  - Grammar, Comparative and general
KW  - Syntax
KW  - Language and languages
KW  - Origin
N1  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam023/94006456.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam026/94006456.html
ER  -