{"product_id":"gesture-in-language-development-across-the-lifespan-hardback-9781433836299","title":"Gesture in Language; Development Across the Lifespan (Hardback) 9781433836299","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGesture in Language\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDevelopment Across the Lifespan\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAliyah Morgenstern (Edited by), Susan Goldin-Meadow (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781433836299\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 November 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e383 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.1 x 17 x 2.5 cm, 0.76 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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. \u003ci\u003eGesture in Language\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of California, Berkeley, CA, United States\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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, \u003ci\u003eRadboud University\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMax Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, the Netherlands\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen do human beings begin producing gestures, and how do they evolve throughout our cognitive and social development?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This volume explores gesture's many functions--communicative, restorative, cognitive--across cultures and ages, in monolingual and multilingual populations, in students and in teachers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003eCollectively, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book is thought-provoking reading for psycholinguists, cognitive scientists, and all who study language development.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter  . Introduction to Gesture in Language \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eAliyah Morgenstern and Susan Goldin-Meadow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePart I: An Emblematic Gesture: Pointing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Pointing in Gesture and Sign \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ci\u003eKensy Cooperrider and Kate Mesh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Early Pointing Gestures \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ci\u003eAliyah Morgenstern\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Gesture Before Speech\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Early Gesture Predicts Later Language Development \u003ci\u003eMeredith L. Rowe, Ran Wei, and Virginia C. Salo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Interaction Between Modalities and Within Development \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eOlga Capirci, Maria Cristina Caselli, and Virginia Volterra\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Gesture With Speech During Language Learning\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Constructing a System of Communication with Gestures and Words \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ci\u003eEve V. Clark and Barbara F. Kelly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Embodying Language Complexity: Co-Speech Gestures Between Age 3 and 4 \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ci\u003ePauline Beaupoil-Hourdel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Gesture Can Facilitate Children'\u003cbr\u003es Learning and Generalization of Verbs \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eCasey Hall, Elizabeth Wakefield, and Susan Goldin-Meadow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Gesture After Speech is Mastered\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. On the Codevelopment of Gesture and Monologic Discourse in Children \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ci\u003eJean-Marc Colletta\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. Understanding How Gestures are Produced and Perceived \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusan Wagner Cook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. Gesture in the Aging Brain \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eTilbe GÖ\u003cbr\u003eksun, Demet Ö\u003cbr\u003ezer, and Seda Akbiyik\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Gesture With More Than One Language\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. Gesture in Bilingual Language Acquisition \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eElena Nicoladis and Lisa Smithson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e Chapter 13. Bimodal Convergence: How Languages Interact in Multicompetent Language Users'\u003cbr\u003e Speech and Gestures \u003ci\u003eMarianne Gullberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 14. Gesture Helps Second and Foreign Language Learning and Teaching \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eGale Stam and Marion Tellier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfterword: Gesture as \u003ci\u003ePart of Language\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003ePartner to Language\u003c\/i\u003e Across the Lifespan\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAliyah Morgenstern and Susan Goldin-Meadow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Editors\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"American Psychological Association","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52584856617240,"sku":"9781433836299","price":74.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/gesture-in-language-development-across-the-lifespan-hardback-9781433836299","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}