The two faces of gesture: Language and thought

Gesture

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 241-257

  Goldin Meadow, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gesture with speech; Gesture without speech; Global imagistic gesture; Language likegesture; Sign language

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248708892     PISSN: 15681475     EISSN: 15699773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/gest.5.1-2.16gol     Document Type: Article

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