Книга: David F. Armstrong «The Gestural Origin of Language»
|
Серия: "-" In The Gestural Origin of Language, Wilcox and Armstrong use evidence from and about sign languages to explore the origins of language as we know it today. According to their model, it is sign, not spoken languages, that is the original mode of human communication. The authors demonstrate that modern language is derived from practical actions and gestures that were increasingly recognised as having the potential to represent and hence to communicate. In other words, the fundamental ability that allows us to use language is our ability to use pictures of icons, rather than linguistic symbols. Evidence from the human fossil record supports the authors'claim by showing that we were anatomically able to produce gestures and signs before we were able to speak fluently. Although speech evolved later as a secondary linguistic communication device that eventually replaced sign language as the primary mode of communication, speech has never entirely replaced signs and gestures. Издательство: "Oxford University Press" (2007)
Купить за 3715 руб в My-shop |
Другие книги схожей тематики:
| Автор | Книга | Описание | Год | Цена | Тип книги |
|---|
См. также в других словарях:
Origin of language — The origin of language is the emergence of language in the human species. This is a highly controversial topic, empirical evidence being so limited that many regard it as unsuitable for serious scholars. In 1866, the Linguistic Society of Paris… … Wikipedia
Sign language — Two men and a woman signing. A sign language (also signed language) is a language which, instead of acoustically conveyed sound patterns, uses visually transmitted sign patterns (manual communication, body language) to convey meaning… … Wikipedia
Language — This article is about the properties of language in general. For other uses, see Language (disambiguation). Cuneiform is one of the first known forms of written language, but spoken language is believed to predate writing by tens of thousands of… … Wikipedia
Animal language — is the modeling of human language in non human animal systems. While the term is widely used, most researchers agree that animal languages are not as complex or expressive as human language.Some researchers argue that there are significant… … Wikipedia
Aymara language — Infobox Language name = Aymara nativename = Aymar aru states = Bolivia, Peru and Chile. speakers = 2,227,642 speakers of Aymara. familycolor = American fam1 = Aymaran iso1=ay |iso2=aym lc1=aym |ld1=Aymara (generic) |ll1=none lc2=ayr |ld2=Central… … Wikipedia
sign language — 1. Also called sign. any of several visual gestural systems of communication, esp. employing manual gestures, as used among deaf people. 2. any means of communication, as between speakers of different languages, using gestures. [1840 50] * * *… … Universalium
