The gestural origin of language /
David F. Armstrong, Sherman E. Wilcox.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- 151 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Perspectives on deafness .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-146) and index.
1. Grasping Language: Sign and the Evolution of Language ; 2. Language in the Wild: Paleontological and Primatological Evidence for Gestural Origins ; 3. Gesture, Sign, and Speech ; 4. Gesture, Sign, and Grammar: The Ritualization of Language ; 5. Conceptual Spaces and Embodied Actions ; 6. The Gesture-Language Interface ; 7. Invention of Visual Languages