36.1810, Books: Gesture: Gawne (2025)

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LINGUIST List: Vol-36-1810. Wed Jun 11 2025. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 36.1810, Books: Gesture: Gawne (2025)

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Date: 10-Jun-2025
From: Rachel Havard [Rachel.HAVARD at oup.com]
Subject: Gesture: Gawne (2025)


Title: Gesture
Subtitle: A Slim Guide
Series Title: Slim Guides
Publication Year: 2025

Publisher: Oxford University Press
           http://www.oup.com/us
Book URL:
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/gesture-9780192855084?utm_source=linguistlist&utm_medium=listserv&utm_campaign=linguistics

Author(s): Lauren Gawne

Hardcover: 9780192855077
Paperback: 9780192855084

Abstract:

This book provides a short and accessible introduction to how we use
gesture in communication. Gestures are those actions made with the
human body that accompany spoken or signed language; they are found in
every human community that has language, but are far more heavily
context dependent than the linguistic elements of communication. In
this book, Lauren Gawne explores the different categories of gesture,
showing that their use varies across cultures and languages, and even
across specific interactions. Further chapters cover the acquisition
of gesture, where it lives in the brain, and its role in both the
origins of language and the future of communication. Written in an
engaging style and compact format, and suitable for readers for all
backgrounds, the book demonstrates the importance of gesture in
understanding how we communicate.

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     Psycholinguistics




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