The present work examines how speech and gesture together contribute to create meaning
in discourse in both first and second language settings. As any observer will confirm, the …

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) …

Our focus in this chapter is on the construction of meaning in a second language (L2) as it is
manifested through gesture–speech synchronicity as this process compares to the way in …

Previous research has found that iconic gestures (ie, gestures that depict the actions,
motions or shapes of entities) identify referents that are also lexically specified in the co …

Do speakers use different gestures when first introducing a referent compared to when
referring back to the referent? Four adults narrated a story involving two men and several …

This chapter explores how a family of related expressions emerge from repairs and are
refined over time by a novice speaker of L2 English. We trace longitudinally a connection …

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

This paper explores the possibility that L2 learners utilize gesture, like speech, for
intrapersonal problem solving. Kita (2000) argued that the “default” organization of …

The reasons for documenting gestures and suggestions for how to go about it, are
enumerated in this article. Using gestures, the hand and arm movements speakers make …

Gestures are central to the way people use language when they interact. This book places
our impulse to gesture at the very heart of linguistic structure: grammar. Based on the …