The Anatomy of Meaning: Speech, Gesture, and Composite Utterances
(Part of the Language Culture and Cognition Series)
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How do we understand what others are trying to say? The answer cannot be found in language alone. Words are linked to hand gestures and other visible phenomena to create unified 'composite utterances'. In this book N. J. Enfield presents original case studies of speech-with-gesture based on fieldwork carried out with speakers of Lao (a language of Southeast Asia). He examines pointing gestures (including lip and finger-pointing) and illustrative gestures...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0521880645
ISBN13:9780521880640
Release Date:April 2009
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:264 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.3" x 9.0"
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