Hand and Mind: What Gestures Reveal about Thought Review

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(More customer reviews)Yes, this book is a bit difficult, but it's not *supposed* to be for the lay person. It's a very clearly written exposition of over 10 years of psycholinguistic research by Professor McNeill (now he might call himself a Cognitive Linguist, I don't know for sure). I just couldn't let that one review stand alone because it is so sorely misguided and makes McNeill's work unappealing. Today gesture studies is a thriving discipline, and this book is probably THE MOST influential and cited work in the field. VERY IMPORTANT. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

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Using data from more than ten years of research, David McNeill shows that gestures do not simply form a part of what is said and meant but have an impact on thought itself. Hand and Mind persuasively argues that because gestures directly transfer mental images to visible forms, conveying ideas that language cannot always express, we must examine language and gesture together to unveil the operations of the mind.

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