In:Why Gesture?: How the hands function in speaking, thinking and communicating
Edited by Ruth Breckinridge Church, Martha W. Alibali and Spencer D. Kelly
[Gesture Studies 7] 2017
► pp. v–vii
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Published online: 26 April 2017
https://doi.org/10.1075/gs.7.toc
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Table of contents
Introduction
Chapter 1.Understanding gesture: Description, mechanism and function
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Editors
Spencer D. Kelly
R. Breckinridge Church
Martha Alibali
Part 1.The function of gesture production
Section 1.The function of gesture production for language
Chapter 2.Representational gestures help speakers package information for speaking
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Editors
Martha W. Alibali
Amelia Yeo
Autumn B. Hostetter
Sotaro Kita
Chapter 3.Function and processing of gesture in the context of language
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Editor
Asli Özyürek
Chapter 4.The asymmetric redundancy of gesture and speech
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Editor
Jan Peter de Ruiter
Chapter 5.Gesture – speech unity – what it is, where it comes from
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Editor
David McNeill
Chapter 5 SupplementExchange on why we gesture
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Editors
Renia Lopez-Ozieblo
David McNeill
Section 2.The function of gesture for cognition and social interaction
Chapter 6.The function of gesture in learning and memory
129
Editors
Susan Cook
Kim Fenn
Chapter 7.Gesture highlights perceptual-motor representations in thinking
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Editors
Autumn B. Hostetter
Rebecca Boncoddo
Chapter 8.One function of gesture is to make new ideas: The action-cognition transduction hypothesis
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Editor
Mitchell J. Nathan
Chapter 9.Gesture in sociomoral reasoning
197
Editor
Leanne Beaudoin
Chapter 10.On the multi-modal communication of common ground – a review and examination of social functions
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Editors
Judith Holler
Janet Bavelas
Part 2.The function of gesture comprehension
Chapter 11.Exploring the boundaries of how gesture functions during language comprehension
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Editor
Spencer D. Kelly
Chapter 12.Computational gesture research: Studying the function of gesture in human-agent interaction
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Editor
Stefan Kopp
Chapter 13.Making and breaking common ground: How teachers use gesture to foster learning in the classroom
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Editors
Mitchell Nathan
Martha Alibali
R. B. Church
Chapter 14.The function of gesture in mathematical and scientific discourse in the classroom
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Editor
Melissa Singer
Chapter 15.Gesture’s role in learning interactions: Evidence from clinical populations
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Editors
Eve Sauer LeBarton
Jana Iverson
Chapter 16.The sound of silence: The functions of gestures in pauses in native and non-native interaction
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Editors
Gale Stam
Marion Tellier
Part 3.Why gesture? Some theoretical implications
Chapter 17.Understanding gesture as representational action: A functional account of how action and gesture differ with respect to thinking and learning
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Editors
Miriam Novack
Susan Goldin-Meadow
Chapter 18.So how does gesture function in speaking, communication and thinking?
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Editors
R. B. Church
Susan Goldin-Meadow
