Gale Stam
List of John Benjamins publications in which Gale Stam is involved.
Journal
ISSN 1879-7865 | E‑ISSN 1879‑7873
Title
Integrating Gestures: The interdisciplinary nature of gesture
Edited by Gale Stam and Mika Ishino
Gestures are ubiquitous and natural in our everyday life. They convey information about culture, discourse, thought, intentionality, emotion, intersubjectivity, cognition, and first and second language acquisition. Additionally, they are used by non-human primates to communicate with their peers… read more
2021 Handling language: How future language teachers adapt their gestures to their interlocutor Gesture 20:1, pp. 30–62 | Article
This paper addresses the question of how speakers adapt their gestures according to their interlocutor’s proficiency level in the language of the interaction especially in the specific context of foreign language teaching. We know that speakers make changes in their speech when addressing a… read more
2018 Chapter 3. Gesture and speaking a second language Speaking in a Second Language, Alonso, Rosa Alonso (ed.), pp. 49–67 | Chapter
Speaking in a second language involves not just speech; it also involves gesture (Stam, 2014). To not consider gesture in second language speaking is to ignore an integral part of language and interaction. When we view language as only speech, we view only one aspect of language and thought, the… read more
2017 Chapter 12. Verb-framed, satellite-framed or in between? A L2 learner’s thinking for speaking in her L1 and L2 over 14 years Motion and Space across Languages: Theory and applications, Ibarretxe-Antuñano, Iraide (ed.), pp. 329–366 | Chapter
Crosslinguistic research on motion events shows that Spanish and English speakers have different patterns of thinking for speaking about motion in speech and gesture (Stam 2015). Spanish speakers express Path linguistically and gesturally with verbs, while English speakers express Path… read more
2017 Chapter 16. The sound of silence: The functions of gestures in pauses in native and non-native interaction Why Gesture?: How the hands function in speaking, thinking and communicating, Church, Ruth Breckinridge, Martha W. Alibali and Spencer D. Kelly (eds.), pp. 353–377 | Chapter
2011 Chapter 1. Introduction Integrating Gestures: The interdisciplinary nature of gesture, Stam, Gale and Mika Ishino (eds.), pp. 3–14 | Chapter
2007 11 Second Language Acquisition from a McNeillian Perspective Gesture and the Dynamic Dimension of Language: Essays in honor of David McNeill, Duncan, Susan D., Justine Cassell and Elena T. Levy (eds.), pp. 117–124 | Chapter