From manual gesture to speech: A gradual transition

Gentilucci, Maurizio; Corballis, Michael C.

doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2006.02.004

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“…This would fit well with a gestural theory of language origins [2,[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]. Call & Tomasello [25] show that among our closest relatives in the Hominidae, intentional communicative acts are signalled largely by non-vocal means, especially with the hands (but see [26,27] on the intentional nature of at least some great ape vocalizations).…”

Section: (A) Pragmatics As the Foundation Of Human Communicationsupporting

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The origin of human multi-modal communication

Levinson

Holler

2014

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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One reason for the apparent gulf between animal and human communication systems is that the focus has been on the presence or the absence of language as a complex expressive system built on speech. But language normally occurs embedded within an interactional exchange of multi-modal signals. If this larger perspective takes central focus, then it becomes apparent that human communication has a layered structure, where the layers may be plausibly assigned different phylogenetic and evolutionary origins—especially in the light of recent thoughts on the emergence of voluntary breathing and spoken language. This perspective helps us to appreciate the different roles that the different modalities play in human communication, as well as how they function as one integrated system despite their different roles and origins. It also offers possibilities for reconciling the ‘gesture-first hypothesis’ with that of gesture and speech having evolved together, hand in hand—or hand in mouth, rather—as one system

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Section: (A) Pragmatics As the Foundation Of Human Communicationsupporting

confidence: 72%

The origin of human multi-modal communication

Levinson

Holler

2014

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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“…The other view [13,14] posits that gesture and speech form a single system of communication, since they are linked to the same mental processes even if they differ in expression modalities. In line with the views of McNeill [13] and Kendon [14], we have hypothesized that manual gestures and speech share in-part the same control circuit [15,16]. This idea has been confirmed by behavioral [17] and r(repetitive) TMS data [18] in which the relations between emblems and the corresponding-in-meaning words were analyzed.…”

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“…Alternatively, if comprehension of these signals mainly relies on symbolic/linguistic processes, no motor simulation should be observed. Finally, if gestures and corresponding-in-meaning words are reciprocally related [15,16], the type of activation seen should not differ from each.…”

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Does comprehension of symbolic gestures and corresponding-in-meaning words make use of motor simulation?

Campione¹,

Stefani²,

Innocenti³

et al. 2014

Behavioural Brain Research

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• We searched for the processes used to understand the meaning of emblems and words.• TMS was applied to motor cortex during observation/listening of gestures and words.• As controls meaningless gestures, pseudo-words and a still actor were presented.• Motor cortex was activated by presentation of meaningless signals only.• Understanding emblems and corresponding words probably use semantic circuits.

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“…The presence in Broca's region of both hand and mouth motor representations can not only cast some light on the evolution of language (Arbib, 2005;Corballis, 2002Corballis, , 2004Fadiga & Gallese, 1997;Gentilucci & Corballis, 2006;Rizzolatti & Arbib, 1998), but also on its ontogeny in humans. A tight relationship between the development of manual and oral motor skills has been repeatedly documented in children.…”

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Mirror neurons and the social nature of language: The neural exploitation hypothesis

Gallese¹

2008

Social Neuroscience

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This paper discusses the relevance of the discovery of mirror neurons in monkeys and of the mirror neuron system in humans to a neuroscientific account of primates' social cognition and its evolution. It is proposed that mirror neurons and the functional mechanism they underpin, embodied simulation, can ground within a unitary neurophysiological explanatory framework important aspects of human social cognition. In particular, the main focus is on language, here conceived according to a neurophenomenological perspective, grounding meaning on the social experience of action. A neurophysiological hypothesis *the ''neural exploitation hypothesis'' *is introduced to explain how key aspects of human social cognition are underpinned by brain mechanisms originally evolved for sensorimotor integration. It is proposed that these mechanisms were later on adapted as new neurofunctional architecture for thought and language, while retaining their original functions as well. By neural exploitation, social cognition and language can be linked to the experiential domain of action.

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From manual gesture to speech: A gradual transition

Cited by 269 publications

References 96 publications

The origin of human multi-modal communication

The origin of human multi-modal communication

Does comprehension of symbolic gestures and corresponding-in-meaning words make use of motor simulation?

Mirror neurons and the social nature of language: The neural exploitation hypothesis

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