Adam Kendon †
List of John Benjamins publications in which Adam Kendon † is involved.
Journal
ISSN 1568-1475 | E‑ISSN 1569‑9773
Book series
Titles
Sign Language in Papua New Guinea: A primary sign language from the Upper Lagaip Valley, Enga Province
Adam Kendon †
This book presents in revised form and as a single monograph three papers on a sign language from the Enga Province of Papua New Guinea. Originally published in 1980, for more than twenty years these papers remained the only report of a sign language from that part of the world. The detailed… read more[Not in series, 226] 2020. xvii, 201 pp.
Dimensions of gesture
Edited by Adam Kendon † and Tommaso Russo Cardona
Special issue of Gesture 8:1 (2008) 153 pp.
2019 Gesture and anthropology: Notes for an historical essay Anthropology of Gesture, Brookes, Heather and Olivier Le Guen (eds.), pp. 142–172 | Article
This essay is a (necessarily selective) historical review of some contributions to the study of gesture (in all its varieties) from an anthropological perspective. Reasons for an interest in gesture by the authors considered are varied. Some are interested because it seems a simpler form of… read more
2017 Pragmatic functions of gestures: Some observations on the history of their study and their nature Gesture 16:2, pp. 157–175 | Article
In the eighteenth century and before, gesture was considered from the point of view of how it should be used in oratory, as a part of the art of engaging in persuasive discourse. This contrasts with the interest pursued in modern gesture studies where, for the most part, the hand movements that… read more
2011 Chapter 7. ‘Parallel gesturing’ in adult-child conversations Integrating Gestures: The interdisciplinary nature of gesture, Stam, Gale and Mika Ishino (eds.), pp. 89–102 | Chapter
Sometimes a speaker repeats an interlocutor’s gesture, at least partially. Such ‘parallel gesturing’ illustrates how gestures can enter into the conversational exchange along with speech. Here we describe examples observed in adult-child conversations (children between 3 and 9 years). Four contexts… read more
2009 Language’s matrix Gesture 9:3, pp. 355–372 | Article
2008 Some reflections on the relationship between ‘gesture’ and ‘sign’ Gesture 8:3, pp. 348–366 | Article
In recent discussions there has been a tendency to refer to ‘gesture’ and ‘sign’ as if these are distinct categories, sometimes even as if they are in opposition to one another. Here I trace the historical origins of this distinction. I suggest that it is a product of the application to the… read more
2008 Review of Call & Tomasello ((2007)): The gestural communication of apes and monkeys Gesture 8:3, pp. 375–385 | Review
2007 2 On the Origins of Modern Gesture Studies Gesture and the Dynamic Dimension of Language: Essays in honor of David McNeill, Duncan, Susan D., Justine Cassell and Elena T. Levy (eds.), pp. 13–28 | Chapter
2004 Review of Goldin-Meadow ((2003)): Hearing gesture: How our hands help us think Gesture 4:1, pp. 91–101 | Review
2002 Some uses of the head shake Gesture 2:2, pp. 147–182 | Article
A context-of-use study is reported of the ‘head shake’. A large number of examples are described and compared, drawn from video recordings of naturally occasioned interactions in the circumstances of everyday life, made in Campania, Italy, central England and the Eastern United States. Eight… read more
2001 Introducing GESTURE Gesture 1:1, pp. 1–7 | Miscellaneous