Barbara J. King
List of John Benjamins publications in which Barbara J. King is involved.
Articles
2012 A mother gorilla’s variable use of touch to guide her infant: Insights into iconicity and the relationship between gesture and action Developments in Primate Gesture Research, Pika, Simone and Katja Liebal (eds.), pp. 55–72 | Article
This chapter examines how gestures of the great apes are created from instrumental actions. Ape gestures are generally believed to form through phylogenetic or ontogenetic ritualization, or – at least in humans – “iconic” gestures are created spontaneously during online interaction. These… read more
1997 Review of Noble & Davidson (1996): Evolution of Communication 1:1, pp. 59–99 | Review article