Woll, B;
Sieratzki, JS;
(1998)
Echo phonology: Signs of a link between gesture and speech.
BEHAV BRAIN SCI
, 21
(4)
531 - 532.
10.1017/S0140525X98481263.
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Abstract
This commentary supports MacNeilage's dismissal of an evolutionary development from sign language to spoken language but presents evidence of a feature in sign language (echo phonology) that links iconic signs to abstract vocal syllables. These data provide an insight into possible mechanism by which iconic manual gestures accompanied by vocalisation could have provided a route for the evolution of spoken language with its characteristically arbitrary form-meaning relationship.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Echo phonology: Signs of a link between gesture and speech |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0140525X98481263 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X98481263 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 1998 Cambridge University Press |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/123941 |
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