Publications

Publication details [#26420]

Campbell, Ruth and Lynn, S. Messing. 1999. Gesture, speech and sign. Oxford University Press. XXV+227 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

deafness | gesture | psychology | sign | speech

Language as a subject

English, American | Languages, Australian aboriginal | Sign Language, American | Sign Language, Plains Indian

Annotation

This volume surveys the fields of gesture and sign language research, including interesting insights from Deaf studies, psychology and neuropsychology on the interconnections between language and gesture and a catalog of gestures found accompanying speech, such as emblems, illustrators, manipulators, regulators and emotional expressions.

Reviewed by

Monaghan, Leila F. 2002. Review of $Gesture, speech and sign.