Gesture and Thought (Inbunden)
avDavid McNeill
ISBN: 9780226514628 - UTGIVEN: 2005-11Gesturing is such an integral yet unconscious part of communication that we are mostly oblivious to it. But if you observe anyone in conversation, you are likely to see his or her fingers, hands, and arms in some form of spontaneous motion. Why? David McNeill, a pioneer in the ongoing study of the r[...]
Gesture and Thought (Häftad)
avDavid McNeill
ISBN: 9780226514635 - UTGIVEN: 200709David McNeill, a pioneer in the ongoing study of the relationship between gesture and language, here argues that gestures are active participants in both speaking and thinking. He posits that gestures are key ingredients in an "imagery-language dialectic" that fuels speech and thought. The smallest [...]
Strong in the Rain (Inbunden)
avLucy Birmingham, David McNeill
ISBN: 9780230341869 - UTGIVEN: 201210Blending history, science, and gripping storytelling, "Strong in the Rain" brings the 9.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Japan in 2011 and its immediate aftermath to life through the eyes of the men and women who experienced it. Following the narratives of six individuals, the book traces the shap[...]
How Language Began (Pocket)
avDavid McNeill
ISBN: 9781107605497 - UTGIVEN: 201210Human language is not the same as human speech. We use gestures and signs to communicate alongside, or instead of, speaking. Yet gestures and speech are processed in the same areas of the human brain, and the study of how both have evolved is central to research on the origins of human communication[...]
Wolf Hunt (CD-bok)
avGraham McNeill, David Timson
ISBN: 9781849704236 - UTGIVEN: 2014-02Pursued by the hunter Nagasena, the lone wolf Severian attempts to escape Terra for good.
A fugitive stalks the shadows of the Petitioner's City. Though his fellow Outcast Dead are no more, the lone wolf Severian still intends to escape from Terra by any means possible - but the enigmatic hunter[...]
