1st Edition
Pointing Where Language, Culture, and Cognition Meet
Edited By Sotaro Kita
Copyright 2003
347 Pages
by
Psychology Press
348 Pages
by
Psychology Press
347 Pages
by
Psychology Press
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Pointing has captured the interest of scholars from various fields who study communication. However, ideas and findings have been scattered across diverse publications in different disciplines, and opportunities for interdisciplinary exchange have been very limited. The editor's aim is to provide an arena for such exchange by bringing together papers on pointing gestures from disciplines, such as... Read more
Contents: S. Kita, Pointing: A Foundational Building Block of Human Communication. G. Butterworth, Pointing Is the Royal Road to Language for Babies. D. Povinelli, J.M. Bering, S. Giambrone, Chimpanzees' "Pointing": Another Error of the Argument by Analogy? N. Masataka, From Index-Finger Extension to Index-Finger Pointing: Ontogenesis of Pointing in Preverbal Infants. S. Goldin-Meadow, C. Butcher, Pointing Toward Two-Word Speech in Young Children. A. Kendon, L. Versante, Pointing by Hand in "Neapolitan." J.B. Haviland, How to Point in Zinacantán. D. Wilkins, Why Pointing With the Index Finger Is Not a Universal (in Sociocultural and Semiotic Terms). C. Goodwin, Pointing as Situated Practice. H.H. Clark, Pointing and Placing. E. Engberg-Pedersen, From Pointing to Reference and Predication: Pointing Signs, Eyegaze, and Head and Body Orientation in Danish Sign Language. D. McNeill, Pointing and Morality in Chicago. S. Kita, Interplay of Gaze, Hand, Torso Orientation, and Language in Pointing.
Biography
Sotaro Kita
