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Gesture in Language
Development Across the Lifespan
Aliyah Morgenstern (Edited by), Susan Goldin-Meadow (Edited by)
9781433836299
Hardback, published 30 November 2021
383 pages
24.1 x 17 x 2.5 cm, 0.76 kg
"No more handwaving at gesture! The authors of this comprehensive volume examine moving and interacting bodies and minds across ages and languages, across theories and methods. Gesture in Language is an invaluable resource for anyone who wonders how we manage to understand each other-or, for that matter, to think our own thoughts." - Dan I. Slobin, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, United States "This volume presents the latest thinking by leading scholars in the field. It is essential reading for researchers interested in the development of language and communication. This is also a great resource for teaching advanced undergraduates and graduate students." - Sotaro Kita, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom "Morgenstern and Goldin-Meadow open a fascinating new chapter on what our hands and visible body reveal about language development, learning, bilingualism, and aging. A must-read game-changer volume for linguists and cognitive scientists who are interested in human capacity for language and cognition in general." - Asli Ozyurek, PhD, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, and Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
When do human beings begin producing gestures, and how do they evolve throughout our cognitive and social development? Collectively, the chapters demonstrate how gestures contribute to the cognitive and social development of humans within their lifespan, and may also indicate the efficacy of interactional practices and cognitive processes.
This book investigates the rich and complex ways in which gesture precedes language development and then is used in conjunction with language across the lifespan.
Some experts argue that gesture is a part of language, while others argue it is a partner to language. But all agree that gesture plays a major role in language development and practices, and therefore must be captured by scientific analyses.
This volume explores gesture's many functions--communicative, restorative, cognitive--across cultures and ages, in monolingual and multilingual populations, in students and in teachers.
Gestures, verbal productions, signs, gazes, facial expressions, and postures are all part of our socially learned, intersubjective communicative systems that we combine for the purpose of sharing meaning, referring to present and absent entities and events, expressing projects, desires, and feelings, and so much more.
This book is thought-provoking reading for psycholinguists, cognitive scientists, and all who study language development.
Contributors
Chapter . Introduction to Gesture in Language
Chapter 2. Pointing in Gesture and Sign
Chapter 3. Early Pointing Gestures
Part II: Gesture Before Speech
Chapter 4. Early Gesture Predicts Later Language Development Meredith L. Rowe, Ran Wei, and Virginia C. Salo
Chapter 5. Interaction Between Modalities and Within Development
Part III: Gesture With Speech During Language Learning
Chapter 6. Constructing a System of Communication with Gestures and Words
Chapter 7. Embodying Language Complexity: Co-Speech Gestures Between Age 3 and 4
Chapter 8. Gesture Can Facilitate Children'
s Learning and Generalization of Verbs
Chapter 9. On the Codevelopment of Gesture and Monologic Discourse in Children
Chapter 10. Understanding How Gestures are Produced and Perceived
Chapter 11. Gesture in the Aging Brain
ksun, Demet Ö
zer, and Seda Akbiyik
Part V: Gesture With More Than One Language
Chapter 12. Gesture in Bilingual Language Acquisition
Speech and Gestures Marianne Gullberg
Chapter 14. Gesture Helps Second and Foreign Language Learning and Teaching
Afterword: Gesture as Part of Language or Partner to Language Across the Lifespan
Aliyah Morgenstern and Susan Goldin-Meadow
Index
About the Editors