Gesture and Thought

Auteur
David McNeill is professor emeritus of linguistics and psychology at the University of Chicago and director of the Center for Gesture and Speech. He is the author of four previous books, including Hand and Mind, also published by the University of Chicago Press, and the editor of Language and Gesture.

Texte du rabat
David McNeill, a pioneer in the ongoing study of the relationship between gesture and language, argues for the central place of gestures in both thinking and speaking

Résumé
Gesturing is such an integral yet unconscious part of communication that we are mostly oblivious to it. This is a project in the study of the relationship of how we communicate and its connection to thought. This book influences all subsequent linguistic and evolutionary theory on the subject.