Establishing the inseparability of grammar and gesture, this book explains what determines when, how, and why we gesture.

Gesture, or visible bodily action that is seen as intimately involved in the activity of speaking, has long fascinated scholars and laymen alike. Written by a l

Bringing together twenty-five years of research, Why We Gesture offers a radical new perspective on gesture-speech unity.

Human language is not the same as human speech. We use gestures and signs to communicate alongside, or instead of, speaking. Yet gestures and speech are process

Over the past few years, scientists and philosophers have discussed the concept of gesture as promising to overcome hyper-intellectualist conceptions of human b