Conversation of Gestures
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7076652 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elżbieta Hałas (0000-0001-6021-3110, University of Warsaw, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 1-3 |
| Publication date | 2016-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeos0706 |
| OpenAlex | W3216121131 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
The conversation of gestures formed the basis of George Herbert Mead's social behaviorism, a variant of pragmatism. Mead distinguished between nonsignificant conversation of gestures, conversation of significant gestures, and conversation of significant symbols. They corresponded to the successive stages of the evolution of language and mind. A gesture gains significance when it elicits a response in an individual that resembles the response elicited by this individual's gesture in another individual. The mind emerges in language communication and is social in character, since thinking consists in the internalization of external conversations. The self forms through the internalization of interpersonal conversation. Like the conversation of significant gestures and symbols, the self is reflexive
Cognitive science · Conversation · Gesture · Interpersonal communication · Linguistics · Reflexivity · Sociology · Communication · Hearing Impairment and Communication · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |