When Using Gestures, Rules Of Grammar Remain The Same
Sunday, July 6, 2008 - 19:21
in Mathematics & Economics
The mind apparently has a consistent way of ordering an event that defies the order in which subjects, verbs and objects typically appear in languages. Although speakers of different languages describe events using the word orders prescribed by their language, when the same speakers are asked to "speak" with their hands and not their mouths, they ignore these orders -- they all use exactly the same order when they gesture.