The present review explores the integrated relationship between gesture and speech during
language comprehension. Taking a broad view, it presents a conceptual framework that …

Most research focuses function of gesture independent of its link to the speech it
accompanies and the coexpressive functions it has together with speech. This chapter …

Why do we gesture when we speak? The Cognitive Psychology of Speech-Related Gesture
offers answers to this question while introducing readers to the huge interdisciplinary field of …

This introductory chapter provides a brief description about the book and its subsequent
chapters. The book focuses on the forms, functions, and roles of gesture in language across …

People of all ages gesture as they talk. Gesure and speech form an integrated system in
communication at every level of analysis, ranging from phonology to discourse. This chapter …

Gestures and speech are tightly linked. Since McNeill (1992) argued that gesture and
speech form a single integrated system, research has shown that gestures and speech …

The title of this special issue, Gesture and SLA: Toward an Integrated Approach, stems in
large part from the idea known as integrationism, principally set forth by Harris (2003, 2005) …

Humans communicate using language, but they also communicate using gesture–
spontaneous movements of the hands and body that universally accompany speech …

Children who produce one word at a time often use gesture to supplement their speech,
turning a single word into an utterance that conveys a sentence-like meaning ('eat'+ point at …

People of all ages, cultures and backgrounds gesture when they speak. These hand
movements are so natural and pervasive that researchers across many fields–from …