CMN 122 Lecture 2: CMN 122- lecture 2
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V. social aspects of gesture why do we use gestures. Revival of interest in gesture stems from. First book on gestures was in 17th century. By 20th century, more people were interested in gestures & body movement as a form of communication. Speculation about the origins of language; hewes (1973,1976) for gestural origin of language. Hewes hypothesized that people used gestures before they used language. He argued that gestures & language seemed to be related. Used evidence of kids using gesture before they talked. Hewes saw the rate of gesture use increased w/ age. The discovery that apes can be taught at least some aspects of sign language. Patterson found apes can learn some aspects of sign language. *** hewes & patterson"s work contributed toward the increase interest in gestures. Gesture: a movement of the body, or any part of the body, that is considered to be expressive of thought or feeling.
