From action to discourse: The bridging function of gestures

Cognitive Systems Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 535-554

  Roth, Wolff Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Embodied cognition; Evolution of communication and language; Gestures; Multi modal communication; Pragmatics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GESTURE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MICROANALYSIS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT; SYMBOLISM; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 2442530456     PISSN: 13890417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-0417(02)00056-6     Document Type: Article

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