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Gesture, speech, and computational stages: a reply to McNeill.

B Butterworth, U Hadar

    Psychological Review
    |January 1, 1989
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    Speech and gestures share computational stages, but not just one early stage as previously claimed. This study reveals multiple links between speech and gesture production processes.

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    Area of Science:

    • Psycholinguistics
    • Cognitive Science
    • Speech Production

    Background:

    • The relationship between speech and gesture production has been debated, with a prominent theory suggesting a single, early computational stage.
    • This theory relies on the assumptions that gestures are synchronized with linguistic units and share semantic/pragmatic functions with speech.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To re-evaluate the claim that speech and gesture share a single, early computational stage in speech production.
    • To analyze the synchronization and functional parallels between speech and gesture.

    Main Methods:

    • Critical analysis of existing data on speech and gesture production.
    • Examination of the computational stages involved in gestural and speech production.

    Main Results:

    • The assumption of synchronized linguistic units and parallel functions for gestures is challenged.
    • Gestural production processes are found to be globally autonomous.
    • Multiple computational stages link gestural and speech production, not just one early stage.

    Conclusions:

    • The theory of a single, early shared computational stage for speech and gesture is not supported.
    • Speech and gesture production are linked at various stages, reflecting a more complex interaction.
    • A new account is proposed to explain these multifaceted links between speech and gesture production.

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