The main lines of evidence taken as support for the “gesture-first” hypothesis of language
origins are briefly evaluated, and the problem that speech poses for this hypothesis is …

The goal of the article is to offer a framework against which relations between gesture and
sign can be systematically explored beyond the current literature. It does so by (a) …

America, rock musician T. Nugent tried to rally support for the Republican candidate at a
National Rifle Association meeting in St. Louis by announcing a vigorous campaign against …

A guide that offers a step-by-step process to data-driven qualitative multimodal discourse
analysis Systematically Working with Multimodal Data is a hands-on guide that is …

The Routledge Encyclopedia of Interpreting Studies is the authoritative reference for anyone
with an academic or professional interest in interpreting. Drawing on the expertise of an …

Research and theory in nonverbal communication have made great advances toward
understanding the patterns and functions of nonverbal behavior in social settings. Progress …

Signers and speakers coordinate a broad range of intentionally expressive actions within
the spatiotemporal context of their face-to-face interactions (;;;). Varied semiotic repertoires …

We propose reframing one of the key questions in the field of language evolution as what
was the original human-specific communicative system? With the help of cognitive …

Although scientists dating back to Darwin have noted the importance of the body in
communicating emotion, current research on emotion communication tends to emphasize …

An unprecedented number of empirical studies have shown that iconic gestures—those that
mimic the sensorimotor attributes of a referent—contribute significantly to language …