Gesture and language dialectic

Gesture and Language Dialectic

A classic psycholinguistic problem is parole; in its modern formulation, performance . This paper looks at aspects of parole or performance from a new direction, arguing that it is organized as a dialectic of unlike cognitive modes, a dialectic of gesture imagery and language. This dialectic is the key to the evocation, organization, and ultimate execution of meaningful actions shaped to take l...

Language and Gesture Evolution

Gesture and language

In this paper I explore the role of gesture in the development of signed languages. Using data from American Sign Language, Catalan Sign Language, French Sign Language, and Italian Sign Language, as well as historical sources describing gesture in the Mediterranean region, I demonstrate that gesture enters the linguistic system via two distinct routes. In one, gesture serves as a source of lexi...

Language as gesture.

Language can be understood as an embodied system, expressible as gestures. Perception of these gestures depends on the "mirror system," first discovered in monkeys, in which the same neural elements respond both when the animal makes a movement and when it perceives the same movement made by others. This system allows gestures to be understood in terms of how they are produced, as in the so-cal...

GML Gesture Markup Language

This paper discusses emerging problems of VHML – the Virtual Human Markup Language. VHML is XML based and allows interactive Virtual Humans to be directed so that human-virtual human interaction is more effective. The language addresses issues related to Facial and Body Animation, Dialogue Management, Text to Speech production, Emotional Representation plus Hyper / Multi Media information. Vari...