Gestural communication in nonhuman and human primates / / edited by Katja Liebal, Cornelia Muller and Simone Pika

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xiv, 284 p
• Disciplina: 808.5
• Soggetto topico: Gesture; Animal communication; Primates
• Altri autori: LiebalKatja MullerCornelia PikaSimone
• Note generali: Originally published in Gesture 5:1/2 (2005).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Gestural Communication in Nonhuman and Human Primates -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- About the Authors -- Introduction -- I. Evolution of language and the role of gestural communication -- The syntactic motor system -- II. Gestural communication in non-human primates -- The gestural communication of apes -- Gestural communication in three species of macaques (Macaca mulatta, M. nemestrina, M. arctoides). Use of signals in relation to dominance and social context -- Multimodal concomitants of manual gesture by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) -- Requesting gestures in captive monkeys and apes -- Cross-fostered chimpanzees modulate signs of American Sign Language -- III. Gestural communication in human primates -- Human twelve-month-olds point cooperatively to share interest with and helpfully provide information for a communicative partner -- From action to language through gesture -- The link and differences between deixis and symbols in children's early gestural-vocal system -- A cross-cultural comparison of communicative gestures in human infants during the transition to language -- How does linguistic framing of events influence co-speech gestures? -- The two faces of gesture -- IV. Future directions -- Gestures in human and nonhuman primates -- Review of "From hand to mouth. The origins of language" by Michael C. Corballis -- Index -- The series Benjamins Current Topics (BCT).
• Sommario/riassunto: The present article offers a condensed overview, of why a comparative view on gestures in human and nonhuman primates may offer important insights to both: researchers of human as well as of nonhuman primates. It is argued that a comparative view may further contribute to the debate over the evolution of language but that in addition it may also enhance understanding of the relation of language and gesture in humans. The article sketches programmatic issues, which are summarized in the list of framing questions for the workshop and this special issue on "Gestural communication in nonhuman and human primates"; it is aimed to clarify conceptual and methodological prerequisites and to offer points of departure for future comparative research.
• Titolo autorizzato: Gestural communication in nonhuman and human primates
• ISBN: 1-282-15251-3; 9786612152511; 90-272-9186-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809508503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Benjamins current topics ; ; v.10.