Growth points from the very beginning

David McNeill; Susan D. Duncan; Jonathan Cole; Shaun Gallagher; Bennett Bertenthal

doi:10.1075/is.9.1.09mcn

Holophrasis vs Compositionality in the Emergence of Protolanguage

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Growth points from the very beginning
Author(s): David McNeill ¹, Susan D. Duncan, Jonathan Cole ², Shaun Gallagher ³ and Bennett Bertenthal ⁴
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¹ Department of Psychology, University of Chicago

² University of Bournemouth and Clinical Neurological Sciences, Clinical Neurophysiology, Poole Hospital, U. K.

³ Department of Philosophy, University of Central Florida

⁴ Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University
Source: Interaction Studies, Volume 9, Issue 1, Jan 2008, p. 117 - 132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/is.9.1.09mcn

Abstract

Early humans formed language units consisting of global and discrete dimensions of semiosis in dynamic opposition, or ‘growth points.’ At some point, gestures gained the power to orchestrate actions, manual and vocal, with significances other than those of the actions themselves, giving rise to cognition framed in dual terms. However, our proposal emphasizes natural selection of joint gesture-speech, not ‘gesture-first’ in language origin.

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Keyword(s): gesture; growth point theory; pantomime; social interaction; thinking-for-speaking

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