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• catalog abstract "What is the relation between gestures and speech? In terms of symbolic forms, of course, the spontaneous and unwitting gestures we make while talking differ sharply from spoken language itself. Whereas spoken language is linear, segmented, standardized, and arbitrary, gestures are global, synthetic, idiosyncratic, and imagistic. In Hand and Mind, David McNeill presents a bold theory of the essential unity of speech and the gestures that accompany it. This long-awaited, provocative study argues that the unity of gestures and language far exceeds the surface level of speech noted by previous researchers and in fact also includes the semantic and pragmatic levels of language. In effect, the whole concept of language must be altered to take into account the nonsegmented, instantaneous, and holistic images conveyed by gestures. McNeill and his colleagues carefully devised a standard methodology for examining the speech and gesture behavior of individuals engaged in narrative discourse. A research subject is shown a cartoon like the 1950 Canary Row--a classic Sylvester and Tweedy Bird caper that features Sylvester climbing up a downspout, swallowing a bowling ball and slamming into a brick wall. After watching the cartoon, the subject is videotaped recounting the story from memory to a listener who has not seen the cartoon. Painstaking analysis of the videotapes revealed that although the research subjects--children as well as adults, some neurologically impaired--represented a wide variety of linguistic groupings, the gestures of people speaking English and a half dozen other languages manifest the same principles. Relying on data from more than ten years of research, McNeill shows that gestures do not simply form a part of what is said and meant but have an impact on thought itself. He persuasively argues that because gestures directly transfer mental images to visible forms, conveying ideas that language cannot always express, we must examine language and gesture together to unveil the operations of the mind.".
• catalog contributor b3550046.
• catalog created "1992.".
• catalog date "1992".
• catalog date "1992.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
• catalog description "A research subject is shown a cartoon like the 1950 Canary Row--a classic Sylvester and Tweedy Bird caper that features Sylvester climbing up a downspout, swallowing a bowling ball and slamming into a brick wall. After watching the cartoon, the subject is videotaped recounting the story from memory to a listener who has not seen the cartoon. Painstaking analysis of the videotapes revealed that although the research subjects--children as well as adults, some neurologically impaired--represented a wide variety of linguistic groupings, the gestures of people speaking English and a half dozen other languages manifest the same principles. Relying on data from more than ten years of research, McNeill shows that gestures do not simply form a part of what is said and meant but have an impact on thought itself. ".
• catalog description "He persuasively argues that because gestures directly transfer mental images to visible forms, conveying ideas that language cannot always express, we must examine language and gesture together to unveil the operations of the mind.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-407) and index.".
• catalog description "What is the relation between gestures and speech? In terms of symbolic forms, of course, the spontaneous and unwitting gestures we make while talking differ sharply from spoken language itself. Whereas spoken language is linear, segmented, standardized, and arbitrary, gestures are global, synthetic, idiosyncratic, and imagistic. In Hand and Mind, David McNeill presents a bold theory of the essential unity of speech and the gestures that accompany it. This long-awaited, provocative study argues that the unity of gestures and language far exceeds the surface level of speech noted by previous researchers and in fact also includes the semantic and pragmatic levels of language. In effect, the whole concept of language must be altered to take into account the nonsegmented, instantaneous, and holistic images conveyed by gestures. McNeill and his colleagues carefully devised a standard methodology for examining the speech and gesture behavior of individuals engaged in narrative discourse. ".
• catalog description "pt. 1. Setting the stage. Images, inside and out ; Conventions, gestures, and signs -- pt. 2. Varieties of gesture. Guide to gesture classification, transcription, and distribution ; Gestures of the concrete ; Experiment on gestures of the concrete ; Gestures of the abstract -- pt. 3. Theory. Gestures and discourse ; Self-organization of gesture and speech ; How gestures affect thought ; Experiments on self-organization -- pt. 4. Topics. Children ; The brain -- Appendix : procedures for eliciting, recording, coding, and experimenting with gestures.".
• catalog extent "xi, 416 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0226561321 (cloth)".
• catalog identifier "0226561348 (pbk.)".
• catalog issued "1992".
• catalog issued "1992.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Chicago : University of Chicago Press,".
• catalog subject "401/.9 20".
• catalog subject "Gesture.".
• catalog subject "P117 .M36 1992".
• catalog subject "Psycholinguistics.".
• catalog subject "Thought and thinking.".
• catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. Setting the stage. Images, inside and out ; Conventions, gestures, and signs -- pt. 2. Varieties of gesture. Guide to gesture classification, transcription, and distribution ; Gestures of the concrete ; Experiment on gestures of the concrete ; Gestures of the abstract -- pt. 3. Theory. Gestures and discourse ; Self-organization of gesture and speech ; How gestures affect thought ; Experiments on self-organization -- pt. 4. Topics. Children ; The brain -- Appendix : procedures for eliciting, recording, coding, and experimenting with gestures.".
• catalog title "Hand and mind : what gestures reveal about thought / David McNeill.".
• catalog type "text".