Body - Language - Communication ― An International Handbook on Multimodality in Human Interaction

This encyclopedic handbook presented by editors Muller, Cienki, Fricke, Ladewig, McNiell, and Tesendorf catalogs knowledge relating to gesture and body language in communication. The volume is divided into five large, detailed sections with 7-22 chapters each. The first part gives basic background on the types of movement that accompany and modify or replace spoken communication. Part II introduces perspectives on body language from various disciplines including psycholinguistics, cognitive linguistics, neuropsychology, cognitive anthropology, social psychology, and ethnography. Part III looks at historical and anthropological data on the use of gesture and movement and its understanding. Part IV covers contemporary models, drawing from evolutionary biology, sensory physiology, and the concept of extended or embodied cognition. Finally the last section discusses experimental methodologies for studying these phenomena. Annotation c2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Cornelia Muller, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany;Alan Cienki, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Ellen Fricke, Technische Universitat Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany; Silva H. Ladewig, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany;David McNeill, University of Chicago,USA; Sedinha Tesendorf, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany.