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The shape and timing of gestures depends not only on what speakers see but on what they take to be distinctive; this, in turn, depends on the context. Those who remembered the same context saw the same distinctions and used similar gestures. This book presents a study of how we communicate and how language is connected to thought.

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"David McNeill's book is a momentous contribution to our understanding of kinetic and visual expression.... McNeill's detailed descriptions of how gestures represent ideas contribute greatly to our understanding of images as carriers of abstractions." - Rudolf Arnheim, Leonardo"

Gesture and Thought

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 01/09/2007
      ISBN13: 9780226514635, 978-0226514635
      ISBN10: 0226514633
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      Book Synopsis
      The shape and timing of gestures depends not only on what speakers see but on what they take to be distinctive; this, in turn, depends on the context. Those who remembered the same context saw the same distinctions and used similar gestures. This book presents a study of how we communicate and how language is connected to thought.

      Trade Review
      "David McNeill's book is a momentous contribution to our understanding of kinetic and visual expression.... McNeill's detailed descriptions of how gestures represent ideas contribute greatly to our understanding of images as carriers of abstractions." - Rudolf Arnheim, Leonardo"

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