Hearing gesture : how our hands help us think

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Hearing gesture : how our hands help us think

Susan Goldin-Meadow

Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2005

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-269) and index

"First Harvard University Press paperback edition, 2005"--T.p. verso

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内容説明

Many nonverbal behaviors-smiling, blushing, shrugging-reveal our emotions. One nonverbal behavior, gesturing, exposes our thoughts. This book explores how we move our hands when we talk, and what it means when we do so. Susan Goldin-Meadow begins with an intriguing discovery: when explaining their answer to a task, children sometimes communicate different ideas with their hand gestures than with their spoken words. Moreover, children whose gestures do not match their speech are particularly likely to benefit from instruction in that task. Not only do gestures provide insight into the unspoken thoughts of children (one of Goldin-Meadow's central claims), but gestures reveal a child's readiness to learn, and even suggest which teaching strategies might be most beneficial. In addition, Goldin-Meadow characterizes gesture when it fulfills the entire function of language (as in the case of Sign Languages of the Deaf), when it is reshaped to suit different cultures (American and Chinese), and even when it occurs in children who are blind from birth. Focusing on what we can discover about speakers-adults and children alike-by watching their hands, this book discloses the active role that gesture plays in conversation and, more fundamentally, in thinking. In general, we are unaware of gesture, which occurs as an undercurrent alongside an acknowledged verbal exchange. In this book, Susan Goldin-Meadow makes clear why we must not ignore the background conversation.

目次

* Preface * I. A Window on the Mind *1. Gesture Is Everywhere *2. Not Just Hand Waving *3. Giving Our Thoughts Away *4. Who Is Ready to Learn? *5. Only the Hands Know for Sure * II. Communicating *6. Everyone Reads Gesture *7. Understanding Speech *8. In the Classroom *9. Learning by Gesturing to Others * III. Thinking *10. Gesturing in the Dark *11. Gesturing Helps *12. Gesturing Leads to Change * IV. When There Is Only Gesture *13. Gesture within a Community *14. Gesture by a Child *15. Gesture on the Spot * Conclusion: Talking and Thinking with Gesture * References * Credits * Index

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