The ‘Circumstances’ Of Gestures: Proto-Interrogatives And Private Gestures  

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Rodri´guez, Cintia

Jenis: Article from Journal
Dalam koleksi: New Ideas in Psychology vol. 27 (2009), page 288–303.
Topik: Gestures; Objects; Language; Infants; Pragmatic turn
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The later Wittgenstein’s emphasis on the social usage of language has been very influential in psychology, particularly in language acquisition research. This move toward a pragmatic position should also be applied to gestures in pre-linguistic children and to objects in the everyday contexts of use. The shared ‘forms of life’ presupposed by language involve pre-linguistic gestures and material ‘things’. Research on early communication has focused on proto-declarative and proto-imperative gestures. I extend this focus and propose further types of gestures: ‘proto-interrogatives’ – in which children ‘‘ask’’ for help or regulation from adults, and three types of ‘private gestures’ – ostensive, indexical and symbolic – in which children regulate their own behaviour. This diversity of gestures becomes apparent when objects are taken seriously. Wittgenstein’s ‘language-games’ necessarily apply to games with objects and gestures as well: social meaning in all cases is emergent within the context of these ‘sign games’ and ‘circumstances.’

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