Hearing Gesture

Hearing Gesture
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 308
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ISBN-10 : 0674018370
ISBN-13 : 9780674018372
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Book Synopsis Hearing Gesture by : Susan Goldin-Meadow

Download or read book Hearing Gesture written by Susan Goldin-Meadow and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2005-10-31 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how we move our hands when we talk, and what it means when we do so. Focusing on what we can discover about speakers—adults and children alike—by watching their hands, Goldin-Meadow discloses the active role that gesture plays in conversation and, more fundamentally, in thinking.


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