Why Gesture?

• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Understanding gesture: Description, mechanism and function
  Spencer D. Kelly, R. Breckinridge Church and Martha W. Alibali | pp. 3–10
• Part 1. The function of gesture production
• Section 1. The function of gesture production for language
• Chapter 2. Representational gestures help speakers package information for speaking
  Martha W. Alibali, Amelia Yeo, Autumn B. Hostetter and Sotaro Kita | pp. 15–37
• Chapter 3. Function and processing of gesture in the context of language
  Aslı Özyürek | pp. 39–58
• Chapter 4. The asymmetric redundancy of gesture and speech
  J.P. de Ruiter | pp. 59–75
• Chapter 5. Gesture-speech unity: What it is, where it came from
  David McNeill | pp. 77–101
• Chapter 5 Supplement. Exchange on gesture-speech unity: What it is, where it came from
  Renia Lopez-Ozieblo and David McNeill | pp. 103–125
• Section 2. The function of gesture for cognition and social interaction
• Chapter 6. The function of gesture in learning and memory
  Susan Wagner Cook and Kimberly M. Fenn | pp. 129–153
• Chapter 7. Gestures highlight perceptual-motor representations in thinking
  Autumn B. Hostetter and Rebecca Boncoddo | pp. 155–174
• Chapter 8. One function of gesture is to make new ideas: The action-cognition transduction hypothesis
  Mitchell J. Nathan | pp. 175–196
• Chapter 9. Gesture in socio-moral reasoning
  Leanne Beaudoin-Ryan | pp. 197–212
• Chapter 10. Multi-modal communication of common ground: A review of social functions
  Judith Holler and Janet Bavelas | pp. 213–240
• Part 2. The function of gesture comprehension
• Chapter 11. Exploring the boundaries of gesture-speech integration during language comprehension
  Spencer D. Kelly | pp. 243–265
• Chapter 12. Computational gesture research: Studying the functions of gesture in human-agent interaction
  Stefan Kopp | pp. 267–284
• Chapter 13. Making and breaking common ground: How teachers use gesture to foster learning in the classroom
  Mitchell J. Nathan, Martha W. Alibali and R. Breckinridge Church | pp. 285–316
• Chapter 14. The function of gesture in mathematical and scientific discourse in the classroom
  Melissa Singer | pp. 317–329
• Chapter 15. Gesture’s role in learning interactions: A focus on clinical populations
  Eve S. LeBarton and Jana M. Iverson | pp. 331–351
• Chapter 16. The sound of silence: The functions of gestures in pauses in native and non-native interaction
  Gale Stam and Marion Tellier | pp. 353–377
• Part 3. Why gesture? Some theoretical implications
• Chapter 17. Understanding gesture as representational action: A functional account of how action and gesture differ with respect to thinking and learning
  Miriam A. Novack and Susan Goldin-Meadow | pp. 381–396
• Chapter 18. So how does gesture function in speaking, communication, and thinking?
  R. Breckinridge Church and Susan Goldin-Meadow | pp. 397–412
• Author index
• Subject index

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