Primate origins of discourse-managing gestures: the case of hand fling

Pritty Patel-Grosz; Matthew Henderson; Patrick Georg Grosz; Kirsty Graham; Catherine Hobaiter

doi:10.1515/lingvan-2022-0004

Primate origins of discourse-managing gestures: the case of hand fling

Pritty Patel-Grosz^*, Matthew Henderson, Patrick Georg Grosz, Kirsty Graham, Catherine Hobaiter

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Abstract

The last decades have seen major advances in the study of gestures both in humans and non-human primates. In this paper, we seriously examine the idea that there may be gestural form types that are shared across great ape species, including humans, which may underlie gestural universals, both in form and meaning. We focus on one case study, the hand fling gesture common to chimpanzees and humans, and provide a semantic analysis of this gesture.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	63-72
Number of pages	10
Journal	Linguistics Vanguard
Volume	9
Issue number	1
Early online date	3 Jan 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/lingvan-2022-0004
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2023

Keywords

Away gestures
Interactive gestures
Primate gestures
Semantics
Super linguistics

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Cat Hobaiter: H2020 ERC Starting Grant 2018 GESTURALORIGINS
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