TY  - BOOK
AU  - Armstrong,David F.
AU  - Stokoe,William C.
AU  - Wilcox,Sherman
TI  - Gesture and the nature of language
SN  - 9780511620911 (ebook)
AV  - P117 .A75 1995
U1  - 417/.7 20
PY  - 1995///
CY  - Cambridge
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  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
N2  - This book proposes a radical alternative to dominant views of the evolution of language, and in particular the origins of syntax. The authors argue that manual and vocal communication developed in parallel, and that the basic elements of syntax are intrinsic to gesture. They draw on evidence from areas such as primatology, anthropology, and linguistics, to present a groundbreaking account of the notion that language emerged through visible bodily action. They go on to examine the implications of their findings for linguistic theory and theories of the biological evolution of the capacity for language.  Written in a clear and accessible style, Gesture and the Nature of Language will be indispensable reading for all those interested in the origins of language
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511620911
ER  -