2019
DOI: 10.3389/fcomm.2019.00009
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How Pantomime Works: Implications for Theories of Language Origin

Abstract: Pantomime refers to iconic gesturing that is done for communicative purposes in the absence of speech. Gestural theories of the origins of language claim that a stage of pantomime preceded speech as an initial form of referential communication. However, gestural theories conceive of pantomime as a unitary process, and do not distinguish among the various means by which it can be produced. We attempt here to develop a scheme for classifying pantomime based on a proposal of two new sub-categories of pantomime, r… Show more

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“…[43,53–56]) to define the characteristics of pantomime, including the properties of primary iconicity and self-sufficiency: a dominant use of primary iconicity [57], where the similarity between the gesture and what it represents is largely sufficient for establishing the reference;a dominant use of whole-body movements, rather than hands-only movements [40];a dominant use of the first-person perspective, which consists in the explicit or implicit mapping of the whole body onto the represented object (even if only a part of the body is foregrounded [58]) 9 ;a dominant use of the enacting mode of representation, with the body of the gesturer mapping onto the (human) body of the referent [56];a dominant use of gestures standing for objects and actions in peripersonal space, i.e. the space immediately surrounding one's own body [59]. …”
Section: First Signs: Mimetic and Primary-iconicmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…[43,53–56]) to define the characteristics of pantomime, including the properties of primary iconicity and self-sufficiency: a dominant use of primary iconicity [57], where the similarity between the gesture and what it represents is largely sufficient for establishing the reference;a dominant use of whole-body movements, rather than hands-only movements [40];a dominant use of the first-person perspective, which consists in the explicit or implicit mapping of the whole body onto the represented object (even if only a part of the body is foregrounded [58]) 9 ;a dominant use of the enacting mode of representation, with the body of the gesturer mapping onto the (human) body of the referent [56];a dominant use of gestures standing for objects and actions in peripersonal space, i.e. the space immediately surrounding one's own body [59]. …”
Section: First Signs: Mimetic and Primary-iconicmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…a dominant use of gestures standing for objects and actions in peripersonal space, i.e. the space immediately surrounding one's own body [59].…”
Section: First Signs: Mimetic and Primary-iconicmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Some of these models adopt a general view of pantomime (e.g. [50,52]), which is considered as a form of iconic gesturing (for a discussion [53]). Here, we refer to a more specific conception in line with the definitions advanced by Żywiczyński et al .…”
Section: Persuasion Narrative and Pantomimic Communication In Archaic Homininsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Some studies suggest that the emergence of language could have been preceded by a stage of pantomimic communication (Corballis, 2003(Corballis, , 2009Brown et al, 2019). Surprisingly, the production of pantomime and language relies on only partially distinct neural systems.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%