Joanne E. Tanner
List of John Benjamins publications for which Joanne E. Tanner plays a role.
Articles
2012 A mother gorilla’s variable use of touch to guide her infant: Insights into iconicity and the relationship between gesture and action Developments in Primate Gesture Research, Pika, Simone and Katja Liebal (eds.), pp. 55–72 | Article
This chapter examines how gestures of the great apes are created from instrumental actions. Ape gestures are generally believed to form through phylogenetic or ontogenetic ritualization, or – at least in humans – “iconic” gestures are created spontaneously during online interaction. These… read more
2004 Gestural phrases and gestural exchanges by a pair of zoo-living lowland gorillas Gesture 4:1, pp. 1–24 | Article
Previous study of the spontaneous gestural communication of the great apes has been primarily of individual gestures and their sequels. Such analysis gives only a partial picture of the quality of gorilla interaction. The repertoire of gestures of a pair of gorillas at San Francisco Zoo have been… read more