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Gesture

For gestures in computing, see Gesture recognition and Pointing device gesture. For other uses, see Gesture (disambiguation).
"Gestures" and "Talking with your hands" redirect here. For the rock group, see The Gestures. For the form of language, see Sign language.
Example of waving in a greeting

A gesture is a form of non-verbal communication or non-vocal communication in which visible bodily actions communicate particular messages, either in place of, or in conjunction with, speech. Gestures include movement of the hands, face, or other parts of the body. Gestures differ from physical non-verbal communication that does not communicate specific messages, such as purely expressive displays, proxemics, or displays of joint attention.[1] Gestures allow individuals to communicate a variety of feelings and thoughts, from contempt and hostility to approval and affection, often together with body language in addition to words when they speak. Gesticulation and speech work independently of each other, but join to provide emphasis and meaning.

Gesture processing takes place in areas of the brain such as Broca's and Wernicke's areas, which are used by speech and sign language.[2] In fact, language is thought by some scholars to have evolved in Homo sapiens from an earlier system consisting of manual gestures.[3] The theory that language evolved from manual gestures, termed Gestural Theory, dates back to the work of 18th-century philosopher and priest Abbé de Condillac, and has been revived by contemporary anthropologist Gordon W. Hewes, in 1973, as part of a discussion on the origin of language.[4]

  1. ^ Kendon, Adam. (2004) Gesture: Visible Action as Utterance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521835259
  2. ^ Xu, J; Gannon, PJ; Emmorey, K; Smith, JF; Braun, AR (2009). "Symbolic gestures and spoken language are processed by a common neural system". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 106 (49): 20664–20669. Bibcode:2009PNAS..10620664X. doi:10.1073/pnas.0909197106. PMC 2779203. PMID 19923436.
  3. ^ Corballis, Michael (January–February 2005). "The gestural origins of language". WIREs Cognitive Science. 1 (1): 2–7. doi:10.1002/wcs.2. PMID 26272832. S2CID 22492422.
  4. ^ Corballis, Michael (2010). ""The gestural origins of language." © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd". WIREs Cogn Sci. 1 (1): 2–7. doi:10.1002/wcs.2. PMID 26272832. S2CID 22492422.

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