Gestures and Speech - Psychological Investigations

Why do people gesture while speaking? What role does this activity play in verbal exchanges? Which kind of relationship does it exhibit between the verbal and the gestural domains? This 1991 book attempts to answer these questions by surveying research on gestures carried out from various perspectives: psycho- and sociolinguistic, ethological, social, cognitive, and developmental psychological, and neuropsychological. This large coverage makes it unique in the field. Furthermore, the delineation of several approaches to the topic yields a clearer picture of their respective contributions than a commitment to a single view.

Table des matières

Achnowledgements; Introduction; 1. Body language; 2. Language as gesture: an ethnological approach; 3. Autonomy of gestures and speech: the notion of nonverbal communication; 4. Cognitive approaches; 5. Developmental perspectives; 6. Gestures and speech in neuropsychology and psychopathology; References; Subject index.

Résumé

Why do people gesture while speaking? What role does this activity play in verbal exchanges? Which kind of relationship does it exhibit between the verbal and the gestural domains? This 1991 book attempts to answer these questions by surveying research on gestures carried out from various perspectives.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Pierre Feyereisen, Feyereisen Pierre, Jacques-Dominique de Lannoy
• Collaboration: Keith Oatley (Editeur)
• Edition: Cambridge Academic
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 30.08.1991
• EAN: 9780521377621
• ISBN: 978-0-521-37762-1
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 16 mm
• Poids: 500 g
• Thèmes: New Cambridge Shakespeare: The; Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Psychologie > Psychologie théorique; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Médias, communication > Sciences de la communication; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Social, group or collective psychology, Communication Studies