The Anatomy of Meaning: Speech, Gesture, and Composite Utterances by N. J. Enfield

The Anatomy of Meaning: Speech, Gesture, and Composite Utterances

Language, Culture & Cognition

N. J. Enfield

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How do we understand what others are trying to say? The answer cannot be found in language alone. Words are linked to hand gestures and other visible phenomena to create unified 'composite utterances'. In this book N. J. Enfield presents original ...

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