Perspectives on pantomime

Introduction: perspectives on pantomime: evolution, development, interaction / Przemysław Żywiczyński, Johan Blomberg & Monika Boruta-Żywiczyńska -- Pantomime within and beyond the evolution of language / Michael Arbib -- The relations of demonstration and pantomime to causal reasoning and event...

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Weitere Verfasser: Żywiczyński, Przemysław (HerausgeberIn), Blomberg, Johan (HerausgeberIn), Boruta-Żywiczyńska, Monika (HerausgeberIn)
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Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam, Philadelphia John Benjamins Publishing Company 2024
Schriftenreihe:Advances in interaction studies volume 12
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction: perspectives on pantomime: evolution, development, interaction / Przemysław Żywiczyński, Johan Blomberg & Monika Boruta-Żywiczyńska -- Pantomime within and beyond the evolution of language / Michael Arbib -- The relations of demonstration and pantomime to causal reasoning and event cognition / Peter Gärdenfors -- Narrative and pantomime at the origin of language / Francesco Ferretti -- Two types of bodily-mimetic communication / Sławomir Wacewicz & Przemysław Żywiczyński -- Can pantomime narrate? / Jordan Zlatev, Marta Sibierska, Przemysław Żywiczyński, Joost van de Weijer & Monika Boruta-Żywiczyńska -- The pantomimic origins of the narrative arts / Steven Brown -- The pantomime roots of Sao Tome and Principe Sign Language / Ana Mineiro & Mara Moita -- Symbolic distancing in three-year-old children's object-use pantomime / Paula Marentette, Chelsea Inaba & Rebecca Petrie -- Gestural mimesis as "as-if" action / Cornelia Müller.
"Pantomime is a unique form of communication, which we improvise "on the fly" to transmit information when unable to use language, for example during intercultural contacts or when the use of language is blocked or constrained, as in the case of some medical conditions or the game of charades. Pantomimic communication has been investigated from a number of perspectives, including neuropsychological, developmental and gesture research. Recently, pantomime has come under the attention of evolutionary linguistics as a strong candidate for a precursor of verbal communication. The volume Perspectives on pantomime: evolution, development, interaction brings together authors who are at the forefront of these studies, which challenge the notion that pantomime is merely a fallback mode of expression. This multidisciplinary journey traverses language evolution, cognitive science, cognitive semiotics, sign language linguistics, psychology and gesture studies to unveil the profound role that pantomime plays in human communication"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:244 Seiten
ISBN:9789027214522
978-90-272-1452-2