Armstrong, David F.

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

0195163486 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780195163483 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Language and languages--Origin.
Sign language.

P116 / .A753 2007

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