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The physiognomic unity of sign, word, and gesture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2017

Carlos Cornejo  and
Roberto Musa
Carlos Cornejo
Affiliation:
Escuela de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 7820436 Santiago, Chile. cca@uc.cl rfmusa@uc.cl
Roberto Musa
Affiliation:
Escuela de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 7820436 Santiago, Chile. cca@uc.cl rfmusa@uc.cl
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Abstract

Goldin-Meadow & Brentari (G-M&B) are implicitly going against the dominant paradigm in language research, namely, the “speech as written language” metaphor that portrays vocal sounds and bodily signs as means of delivering stable word meanings. We argue that Heinz Werner's classical research on the physiognomic properties of language supports and complements their view of sign and gesture as a unified system.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e51
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