Jacques Vauclair

List of John Benjamins publications in which Jacques Vauclair is involved.

Title

Primate Communication and Human Language: Vocalisation, gestures, imitation and deixis in humans and non-humans

Edited by Anne Vilain, Jean-Luc Schwartz, Christian Abry and Jacques Vauclair

After a long period where it has been conceived as iconoclastic and almost forbidden, the question of language origins is now at the centre of a rich debate, confronting acute proposals and original theories. Most importantly, the debate is nourished by a large set of experimental data from… read more

[Advances in Interaction Studies, 1] 2011. vi, 239 pp.

Articles (6) | Order by:

Cochet, Hélène and Jacques Vauclair 2012 Pointing gesture in young children: Hand preference and language development Gesture and Multimodal Development, Colletta, Jean-Marc and Michèle Guidetti (eds.), pp. 7–26 | Article

This chapter provides an overview of recent studies that have investigated the development of pointing behaviors in infants and toddlers. First, we focus on deictic gestures and their role in language development, taking into account the different hand shapes and the different functions of… read more

Meguerditchian, Adrien, Hélène Cochet and Jacques Vauclair 2011 From gesture to language: Ontogenetic and phylogenetic perspectives on gestural communication and its cerebral lateralization Primate Communication and Human Language: Vocalisation, gestures, imitation and deixis in humans and non-humans, Vilain, Anne, Jean-Luc Schwartz, Christian Abry and Jacques Vauclair (eds.), pp. 91–120 | Article

Cochet, Hélène and Jacques Vauclair 2010 Features of spontaneous pointing gestures in toddlers Gesture 10:1, pp. 86–107 | Article

This study investigated the production of spontaneous pointing gestures in 26 toddlers, who were observed during free play time at day nursery. Pointing gestures and their different features (e.g., handedness, vocalizations, form and function of gesture) were recorded for a total observation time… read more

Cochet, Hélène and Jacques Vauclair 2010 Pointing gesture in young children: Hand preference and language development Gesture and Multimodal Development, Colletta, Jean-Marc and Michèle Guidetti (eds.), pp. 129–149 | Article

This paper provides an overview of recent studies that have investigated the development of pointing behaviors in infants and toddlers. First, we focus on deictic gestures and their role in language development, taking into account the different hand shapes and the different functions of pointing,… read more

Vauclair, Jacques 2009 Lateralization of communicative signals in nonhuman primates and the hypothesis of the gestural origin of language Vocalize to Localize, Abry, Christian, Anne Vilain and Jean-Luc Schwartz (eds.), pp. 47–66 | Article

Vauclair, Jacques 2005 Lateralization of communicative signals in nonhuman primates and the hypothesis of the gestural origin of language Vocalize to Localize, Abry, Christian, Anne Vilain and Jean-Luc Schwartz (eds.), pp. 365–386 | Article

This article argues for the gestural origins of speech and language based on the available evidence gathered in humans and nonhuman primates and especially from ape studies. The strong link between motor functions (hand use and manual gestures) and speech in humans is reviewed. The presence of… read more