1st Edition

Speech Accompanying-Gesture A Special Issue of Language and Cognitive Processes

Edited By Sotaro Kita Copyright 2009
194 Pages
by Psychology Press

194 Pages
by Psychology Press

When we speak, we often spontaneously produce gestures. Such gestures are an integral part of face-to-face verbal communication. The relationship between speech and gesture is the theme of this Special Issue. The articles cover a wide range of issues: cultural differences, language and gesture development, cognitive development, bilingualism, foreign language learning, persuasion, and "common... Read more

S. Kita, Cross-cultural Variation of Speech-accompanying Gesture: A Review. S. Stefanini, A. Bello, M.C. Caselli, J.M. Iverson, V. Volterra, Co-speech Gestures in a Naming Task: Developmental Data. S. Özçaliskan, S. Goldin-Meadow, When Gesture-speech Combinations Do and Do Not Index Linguistic Change. K. Sekine, Changes in Frame of Reference Use Across the Preschool Years: A Longitudinal Study of the Gestures and Speech Produced During Route Descriptions. F. Maricchiolo, A. Gnisci, M. Bonaiuto, G. Ficca, Effects of Different Types of Hand Gestures in Persuasive Speech on Receivers' Evaluations. J. Holler, K. Wilkin, Communicating Common Ground: How Mutually Shared Knowledge Influences Speech and Gesture in a Narrative Task. S. Casey, K. Emmorey, Co-speech Gesture in Bimodal Bilinguals. S. Kelly, T. McDevitt, M. Esch, Brief Training with Co-speech Gesture Lends a Hand to Word Learning in a Foreign Language.

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Sotaro Kita