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This Elements in Pragmatics volume investigates the intricate relationship between utterance meaning and representational gesture, providing a comprehensive analysis of how gestures shape communication. Jack Wilson explores the theoretical foundations of gesture meaning and its integration with spoken language in pragmatic contexts.
The book addresses fundamental questions about how gestures contribute to utterance interpretation, including their role in disambiguating speech, conveying spatial information, and expressing abstract concepts. Wilson examines various gesture types and their semantic contributions to discourse, drawing on contemporary pragmatic theory and empirical evidence.
Designed for scholars and students of pragmatics, linguistics, and cognitive science, this work provides essential insights into multimodal communication. It bridges theoretical pragmatics with gesture studies, offering readers a nuanced understanding of how language meaning emerges from the integration of verbal and gestural modalities.
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