Language in motion: a framework for unifying spoken language, signed language, and gesture

• Autores: Sherman Wilcox
• Localización: Anuari de Filologia. Estudis de Lingüística, ISSN-e 2014-1408, Nº. 2, 2012, págs. 49-57
• Idioma: inglés
• Títulos paralelos:
  • El lenguage en movimiento: un marco teórico para unificar la lengua oral, la lengua de signos y el gesto
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  • español

    En este artículo se describe un marco teórico para la unificación de la lengua oral, la lengua de signos y el gesto. Se denomina el lenguaje como movimiento y parte de tres teorías principales: la gramática cognitiva, la teoría de sistemas dinámicos y la neurociencia cognitiva. La afirmación fundamental del marco teórico del lenguaje en movimiento es que el lenguaje y el gesto son manifestaciones de una capacidad humana general para la expresión que está basada en la cognición corpórea y la necesidad de las criaturas móviles de dar sentido a su entorno.

  • español

    In this article I describe a framework for unifying spoken language, signed language, and gesture. Called the language as motion framework, it relies on three broad theories: cognitive grammar, dynamic systems, and cognitive neuroscience. The foundational claim of the language in motion framework is that language and gesture are manifestations of a general human expressive ability which is grounded in embodied cognition and the need for mobile creatures to make sense of their environment.

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