{"product_id":"gesture-and-thought-paperback","title":"Gesture and Thought - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid McNeill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid McNeill, a pioneer in the ongoing study of the relationship between gesture and language, here argues that gestures are active participants in both speaking and thinking. He posits that gestures are key ingredients in an \"imagery-language dialectic\" that fuels speech and thought. The smallest unit of this dialectic is the growth point, a snapshot of an utterance at its beginning psychological stage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eGesture and Thought, \u003c\/i\u003e the central growth point comes from a Tweety Bird cartoon. Over the course of twenty-five years, the McNeill Lab showed this cartoon to numerous subjects who spoke a variety of languages, and a fascinating pattern emerged. The shape and timing of gestures depends not only on what speakers see but on what they take to be distinctive; this, in turn, depends on the context. Those who remembered the same context saw the same distinctions and used similar gestures; those who forgot the context understood something different and changed gestures or used none at all. Thus, the gesture becomes part of the growth point--the building block of language and thought. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGesture and Thought \u003c\/i\u003eis an ambitious project in the ongoing study of how we communicate and how language is connected to thought.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGesturing is such an integral yet unconscious part of communication that we are mostly oblivious to it. But if you observe anyone in conversation, you are likely to see his or her fingers, hands, and arms in some form of spontaneous motion. Why? David McNeill, a pioneer in the ongoing study of the relationship between gesture and language, set about answering this question over twenty-five years ago. In \"Gesture and Thought\" he brings together years of this research, arguing that gesturing, an act which has been popularly understood as an accessory to speech, is actually a dialectical and integral component of language.\u003cbr\u003e\"Gesture and Thought\" expands on McNeill s acclaimed classic \"Hand and Mind.\" While that earlier work demonstrated what gestures reveal about thought, here gestures are shown to be active participants in both speaking and thinking. Expanding on an approach introduced by Lev Vygotsky in the 1930s, McNeill posits that gestures are key ingredients in an imagery-language dialectic that fuels both speech \"and\" thought. Gestures are both the imagery and components of language. The smallest element of this dialectic is the growth point, an idea unit of an utterance at its beginning psychological stage. Utilizing several innovative experiments he created and administered with subjects spanning several different age, gender, language, and neurological groups, McNeill shows how growth points organize themselves into utterances and extend to discourse at the moment of speaking.\u003cbr\u003eAn ambitious project in the ongoing study of the relationship of human communication and thought, \"Gesture and Thought \"is a work of such consequence that it will influence all subsequent theory on the subject.\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGesturing is such an integral yet unconscious part of communication that we are mostly oblivious to it. But if you observe anyone in conversation, you are likely to see his or her fingers, hands, and arms in some form of spontaneous motion. Why? David McNeill, a pioneer in the ongoing study of the relationship between gesture and language, set about answering this question over twenty-five years ago. In \u003ci\u003eGesture and Thought\u003c\/i\u003e he brings together years of this research, arguing that gesturing, an act which has been popularly understood as an accessory to speech, is actually a dialectical and integral component of language. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGesture and Thought\u003c\/i\u003e expands on McNeill's acclaimed classic \u003ci\u003eHand and Mind.\u003c\/i\u003e While that earlier work demonstrated what gestures reveal about thought, here gestures are shown to be active participants in both speaking and thinking. Expanding on an approach introduced by Lev Vygotsky in the 1930s, McNeill posits that gestures are key ingredients in an \"imagery-language dialectic\" that fuels both speech \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e thought. Gestures are both the \"imagery\" and components of \"language.\" The smallest element of this dialectic is the \"growth point,\" an \"idea unit\" of an utterance at its beginning psychological stage. Utilizing several innovative experiments he created and administered with subjects spanning several different age, gender, language, and neurological groups, McNeill shows how growth points organize themselves into utterances and extend to discourse at the moment of speaking.\u003cbr\u003eAn ambitious project in the ongoing study of the relationship of human communication and thought, \u003ci\u003eGesture and Thought \u003c\/i\u003eis a work of such consequence that it will influence all subsequent theory on the subject.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid McNeill\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eHand and Mind, \u003c\/i\u003e also published by the University of Chicago Press, and the editor of \u003ci\u003eLanguage and Gesture.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 330\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9.01 x 6.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42683415068735,"sku":"9780226514635","price":79.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8b57a11dee3c97b7715c4fde5a90bde0.webp?v=1764963808","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/gesture-and-thought-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}