Elements of Meaning in Gesture
Geneviève Calbris
[Gesture Studies, 5] 2011. xx, 378 pp.
Mary M. Copple
List of John Benjamins publications for which Mary M. Copple plays a role.
Title
Subjects Cognition and language | Gesture Studies | Pragmatics
Articles
2009 Temporal reference and grammaticalization in the Spanish perfect(ive) Historical Linguistics 2007: Selected papers from the 18th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Montreal, 6–11 August 2007, Dufresne, Monique, Fernande Dupuis and Etleva Vocaj (eds.), pp. 73–82 | Article
Much research has discussed the perfect⇒perfective grammaticalization path, but more diachronic research is needed in order to detail the process. In varieties of Peninsular Spanish, the Present Perfect (PP) is grammaticalizing into a perfective, expanding into contexts of use previously occupied… read more
2007 Michael C. Corballis (2002). From hand to mouth. The origins of language Gestural Communication in Nonhuman and Human Primates, Liebal, Katja, Cornelia Müller and Simone Pika (eds.), pp. 257–275 | Review
2005 Review of Corballis ((2002)): From hand to mouth. The origins of language Gestural Communication in Nonhuman and Human Primates, Liebal, Katja, Cornelia Müller and Simone Pika (eds.), pp. 285–304 | Review
2003 Gesture and Speech: André Leroi-Gourhan’s theory of the co-evolution of manual and intellectual activities Gesture 3:1, pp. 47–94 | Article
The role of gesture in Leroi-Gourhan’s theory of the origin of language is portrayed in its historical context and in view of recent research to allow a balanced appraisal of his contribution to the debate. Written in the mid-1960s, his Gesture and Speech offers a vivid contrast to Chomsky’s… read more