Gesture, Speech, and Sign
Lynn Messing and Ruth Campbell
Abstract
Gestures are a special sort of action. They communicate the individual's moods and desires to the world and they operate under different psychological and cognitive constraints to other actions. The connections between gesture and language — spoken and signed —pose some fascinating questions. How intimately are gesture and language connected? Did one evolve from the other? To what extent are they similarly processed in the brain? In what ways are signed languages akin to spoken language and gestures? This book examines these questions, bringing together expertise to explore the origins, neurob ... More
Gestures are a special sort of action. They communicate the individual's moods and desires to the world and they operate under different psychological and cognitive constraints to other actions. The connections between gesture and language — spoken and signed —pose some fascinating questions. How intimately are gesture and language connected? Did one evolve from the other? To what extent are they similarly processed in the brain? In what ways are signed languages akin to spoken language and gestures? This book examines these questions, bringing together expertise to explore the origins, neurobiology, and uses of these three communication systems. The book also discusses how a greater understanding of these issues can be used to improve human-computer interactions.
Keywords:
gesture and language,
spoken language,
signed language,
neurobiology,
human-computer interactions,
psychology,
computer science,
deaf studies
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 1999 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780198524519 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: March 2012 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198524519.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Lynn Messing, editor
A.I. du Pont Institute / University of Delaware
Ruth Campbell, editor
University College London
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