How language evolved from manual gestures.
Several lines of evidence suggest that human language originated in manual gestures, not vocal calls. These are the ability of nonhuman primates to use manual action flexibly and intentionally, the nature of the primate mirror system and its homology with the language circuits in the human brain, th...
| Publicado en: | Gesture Vol. 12; no. 2; pp. 200 - 227 |
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John Benjamins Publishing Co.
2012
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