Pragmatics, Utterance Meaning, and Representational Gesture |
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| Author:
| Wilson, Jack |
| Series title: | Elements in Pragmatics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-009-45440-7 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2024 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $96.95 |
Book Description:
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This Element helps understand the role of gesture in communication by answer the following questions positively: Do gestures communicate? Do people produce gestures with an intention to communicate? It uses evidence from experimental and neuroscientific studies to argue that people produce gestures because doing so improves such predictions.
This Element helps understand the role of gesture in communication by answer the following questions positively: Do gestures communicate? Do people produce gestures with an intention to communicate? It uses evidence from experimental and neuroscientific studies to argue that people produce gestures because doing so improves such predictions.