The Anatomy of Meaning: Speech, Gesture, and Composite UtterancesCambridge University Press, 2009 M03 26 - 252 páginas How do we understand what others are trying to say? The answer cannot be found in language alone. Words are linked to hand gestures and other visible phenomena to create unified 'composite utterances'. In this book N. J. Enfield presents original case studies of speech-with-gesture based on fieldwork carried out with speakers of Lao (a language of Southeast Asia). He examines pointing gestures (including lip and finger-pointing) and illustrative gestures (examples include depicting fish traps and tracing kinship relations). His detailed analyses focus on the 'semiotic unification' problem, that is, how to make a single interpretation when multiple signs occur together. Enfield's arguments have implications for all branches of science with a stake in meaning and its place in human social life. The book will appeal to all researchers interested in the study of meaning, including linguists, anthropologists, and psychologists. |
Contenido
Deictic components of moves | 23 |
Lippointing | 68 |
Handpointing | 90 |
Illustrative components of moves | 111 |
Diagramming | 149 |
Editing | 194 |
Conclusion | 221 |
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The Anatomy of Meaning: Speech, Gesture, and Composite Utterances N. J. Enfield Vista previa limitada - 2012 |
The Anatomy of Meaning: Speech, Gesture, and Composite Utterances N. J. Enfield Sin vista previa disponible - 2012 |
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abstract Adam Kendon addressee Chapter child chunk of space cognitive artefacts combinatoric common ground communicative composite utterances conceptual context conventional sign Deictic expressions deictic gesture deixis demonstrative depicting described discourse discussed distinct distributed cognition enchronic encoded Enfield engagement area example eye gaze fish function gesture diagrams gesture space hand gestures hand movements hand-pointing Hanunóo here-space perimeter heuristic illustrated in Figure implicature index-finger pointing interaction interlocutors interpretation joint attention Kendon khòòj5 kinship Kita laan3 laø Lao speakers left hand Levinson linguistic lip-pointing lips location-focus luuk4 man2 McNeill meaning move Naak nan4 nii4 Nijmegen non-conventional non-dominant hand nòòng4 older brother orientation pên3 Phouthong physical pointing gesture proto-linguistic qaaj4 qaw3 referent relations relevant represent representation S-points salient Schegloff semantically semantically encoded semiotic sequence shown in Figure sign language social spatial specific speech speech-with-gesture SPKR structure symbolic indexical symmetry-dominance construction token trap two-handed types Wilkins younger sibling