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| Research article summary (published 30 Dec 2001): |
Putting language back in the body: speech and gesture on three time frames.
Full Abstract
This article investigates the role that nonverbal actions play in language processing over 3 different time frames. First, we speculate that nonverbal actions played a role in how formal language systems emerged from our primate ancestors over evolutionary time. Next, we hypothesize that if nonverbal behaviors played a foundational role in the emergence of language over evolution, these actions should influence how children learn language in the present. Finally, we argue that nonverbal actions continue to play a role for adults in the moment-to-moment processing of language. Throughout, we take an embodied view of language and argue that the neural, cognitive, and social components of language processing are firmly grounded in bodily action.
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Author information
Author/s: Kelly, Spencer D (SD); Iverson, Jana M (JM); Terranova, Joseph (J); Niego, Julia (J); Hopkins, Michael (M); Goldsmith, Leslie (L);
Affiliation: Department of Psychology-Neuroscience Program, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY 13346, USA. skelly(-atsign-)mail.colgate.edu
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Review
Journal: Developmental neuropsychology (Dev Neuropsychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-; vol 22 (issue 1) : pp 323-49
Dates: Created 2002/10/30; Completed 2003/03/03; Revised 2005/11/16;
PMID: 12405508, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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