Gestural Communication in Nonhuman and Human Primates (Benjamins Current Topics)

Gestural Communication in Nonhuman and Human Primates......Page 2
Editorial page......Page 3
Title page......Page 4
LCC data......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Table of contents......Page 8
About the Authors......Page 10
Introduction......Page 16
I. Evolution of language and the role of gestural communication......Page 20
The syntactic motor system......Page 22
II. Gestural communication in non-human primates......Page 50
The gestural communication of apes......Page 52
Gestural communication in three species of macaques (Macaca mulatta, M. nemestrina, M. arctoides). Use of signals in relation to dominance and social context......Page 68
Multimodal concomitants of manual gesture by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)......Page 84
Requesting gestures in captive monkeys and apes......Page 98
Cross-fostered chimpanzees modulate signs of American Sign Language......Page 112
III. Gestural communication in human primates......Page 136
Human twelve-month-olds point cooperatively to share interest with and helpfully provide information for a communicative partner......Page 138
From action to language through gesture......Page 156
The link and differences between deixis and symbols in children’s early gestural-vocal system......Page 178
A cross-cultural comparison of communicative gestures in human infants during the transition to language......Page 198
How does linguistic framing of events influence co-speech gestures?......Page 214
The two faces of gesture......Page 234
IV. Future directions......Page 250
Gestures in human and nonhuman primates......Page 252
Review of "From hand to mouth. The origins of language" by Michael C. Corballis......Page 276
Index......Page 296
The series Benjamins Current Topics (BCT)......Page 300