Primate Communication and Human Language: Vocalisation, gestures, imitation and deixis in humans and non-humans
Edited by Anne Vilain, Jean-Luc Schwartz, Christian Abry and Jacques Vauclair
[Advances in Interaction Studies, 1] 2011. vi, 239 pp.
Jacques Vauclair
List of John Benjamins publications for which Jacques Vauclair plays a role.
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Subjects Anthropological Linguistics | Cognition and language | Evolution of language | Gesture Studies | Interaction Studies
Articles
2012 Pointing gesture in young children: Hand preference and language development Gesture and Multimodal Development, Colletta, Jean-Marc and Michèle Guidetti (eds.), pp. 7–26 | Article
This chapter provides an overview of recent studies that have investigated the development of pointing behaviors in infants and toddlers. First, we focus on deictic gestures and their role in language development, taking into account the different hand shapes and the different functions of… read more
2011 From gesture to language: Ontogenetic and phylogenetic perspectives on gestural communication and its cerebral lateralization Primate Communication and Human Language: Vocalisation, gestures, imitation and deixis in humans and non-humans, Vilain, Anne, Jean-Luc Schwartz, Christian Abry and Jacques Vauclair (eds.), pp. 91–120 | Article
2010 Features of spontaneous pointing gestures in toddlers Gesture 10:1, pp. 86–107 | Article
This study investigated the production of spontaneous pointing gestures in 26 toddlers, who were observed during free play time at day nursery. Pointing gestures and their different features (e.g., handedness, vocalizations, form and function of gesture) were recorded for a total observation time… read more
2010 Pointing gesture in young children: Hand preference and language development Gesture and Multimodal Development, Colletta, Jean-Marc and Michèle Guidetti (eds.), pp. 129–149 | Article
This paper provides an overview of recent studies that have investigated the development of pointing behaviors in infants and toddlers. First, we focus on deictic gestures and their role in language development, taking into account the different hand shapes and the different functions of pointing,… read more
2009 Lateralization of communicative signals in nonhuman primates and the hypothesis of the gestural origin of language Vocalize to Localize, Abry, Christian, Anne Vilain and Jean-Luc Schwartz (eds.), pp. 47–66 | Article
2005 Lateralization of communicative signals in nonhuman primates and the hypothesis of the gestural origin of language Vocalize to Localize, Abry, Christian, Anne Vilain and Jean-Luc Schwartz (eds.), pp. 365–386 | Article
This article argues for the gestural origins of speech and language based on the available evidence gathered in humans and nonhuman primates and especially from ape studies. The strong link between motor functions (hand use and manual gestures) and speech in humans is reviewed. The presence of… read more