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A framework for unifying spoken language, signed language, and gesture

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: In this paper we offer the first steps in a framework for unifying spoken language, signed language, and gesture.The framework is based on three existing theories: dynamic systems theory, cognitive grammar, and non-Cartesian approaches to cognitive neuroscience.Our article posits a human expressive ability, which we claim is based on the need of moving creatures to comprehend their environment, resulting in a conceptual system embodied in perceptual and motor systems.This human expressive ability underlies language and gesture.We explore relations between language and gesture as emergent systems.

Source: Todas as letras/Revista Todas as Letras

Authors: Wilcox, Sherman, Xavier, André Nogueira

Institutions: Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, University of New Mexico, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

Language: Portuguese

Topic: Hearing Impairment and Communication

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W1575600860

FWCI: 15.79

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