https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGMkHzWXjI8事实上这个视频并没有解释「why」,只是说了手势的(非)语言等文化功用。但回答这个问题就不只是语言学、社会学、心理学、认知科学、etc. 的问题了,很多问题问下去就指望不了现有的范式能做出令人满意的回答了。
视频中提及的论著:
Kendon, A. (2004).
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McNeill, D. (1992).
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Kendon, A. (2000). Language and gesture: Unity or duality. In D. McNeill (Ed.).
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Iverson, J. M., & Goldin-Meadow, S. (1998). Why people gesture when they speak.
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McCulloch, G. (2019).
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