{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2003177043","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1353/sls.2008.0005","title":"The Gestural Theory of Language Origins","display_name":"The Gestural Theory of Language Origins","publication_year":2008,"publication_date":"2008-03-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2003177043","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1353/sls.2008.0005","mag":"2003177043"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1353/sls.2008.0005","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1353/sls.2008.0005","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1353/sls.2008.0005","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S196980128","display_name":"Sign language studies","issn_l":"0302-1475","issn":["0302-1475","1533-6263"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","erih-plus","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310316033","host_organization_name":"Gallaudet University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310316033"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Gallaudet University Press"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Sign Language Studies","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5091256291","display_name":"David Armstrong","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3652-9662","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3652-9662"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"David F Armstrong","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5091256291"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":8.5075,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":29,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.97422002,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"8","issue":"3","first_page":"289","last_page":"314"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12090","display_name":"Language and cultural evolution","score":0.975600004196167,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3316","display_name":"Cultural Studies"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12090","display_name":"Language and cultural evolution","score":0.975600004196167,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3316","display_name":"Cultural Studies"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11285","display_name":"Hearing Impairment and Communication","score":0.012000000104308128,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3204","display_name":"Developmental and Educational Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11398","display_name":"Hand Gesture Recognition Systems","score":0.0015999999595806003,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1709","display_name":"Human-Computer Interaction"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/iconic-gestures","display_name":"iconic gestures","score":0.574999988079071},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/origin-of-speech","display_name":"origin of speech","score":0.6140000224113464},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/plato-s-cratylus","display_name":"Plato's Cratylus","score":0.8989999890327454},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/socrates","display_name":"Socrates","score":0.9039999842643738},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mirror-neurons","display_name":"mirror neurons","score":0.8339999914169312},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/deaf-sign-language","display_name":"sign language of the deaf","score":0.7979999780654907}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C207347870","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q371174","display_name":"Gesture","level":2,"score":0.8698777556419373},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C175475021","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1483324","display_name":"Iconicity","level":2,"score":0.821250319480896},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C50335755","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483247","display_name":"Phenomenon","level":2,"score":0.5747362971305847},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.5511731505393982},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C47941915","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107885","display_name":"Speculation","level":2,"score":0.5471112728118896},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.3288964629173279},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.2279750108718872},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.22679266333580017},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C139719470","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39680","display_name":"Macroeconomics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1353/sls.2008.0005","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1353/sls.2008.0005","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1353/sls.2008.0005","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S196980128","display_name":"Sign language studies","issn_l":"0302-1475","issn":["0302-1475","1533-6263"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","erih-plus","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310316033","host_organization_name":"Gallaudet University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310316033"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Gallaudet University Press"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Sign Language Studies","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:muse.jhu.edu:/article/235035","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://muse.jhu.edu/article/235035","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196299","display_name":"Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I145311948","host_organization_name":"Johns Hopkins University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I145311948"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"text"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":74,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W263259594","https://openalex.org/W561898849","https://openalex.org/W562257790","https://openalex.org/W578493622","https://openalex.org/W578847040","https://openalex.org/W651941503","https://openalex.org/W787009872","https://openalex.org/W798698015","https://openalex.org/W1540710654","https://openalex.org/W1548605947","https://openalex.org/W1549399254","https://openalex.org/W1563033264","https://openalex.org/W1578290027","https://openalex.org/W1582918334","https://openalex.org/W1587670526","https://openalex.org/W1592355794","https://openalex.org/W1597744023","https://openalex.org/W1600077872","https://openalex.org/W1601826302","https://openalex.org/W1613027418","https://openalex.org/W1621390177","https://openalex.org/W1969328386","https://openalex.org/W1973646763","https://openalex.org/W1975578903","https://openalex.org/W1976226385","https://openalex.org/W1980502471","https://openalex.org/W1981147791","https://openalex.org/W1993011353","https://openalex.org/W1993750641","https://openalex.org/W2005501873","https://openalex.org/W2008253273","https://openalex.org/W2012637506","https://openalex.org/W2014895986","https://openalex.org/W2025159051","https://openalex.org/W2037715905","https://openalex.org/W2037997894","https://openalex.org/W2042275922","https://openalex.org/W2043199434","https://openalex.org/W2044087605","https://openalex.org/W2049167508","https://openalex.org/W2049314393","https://openalex.org/W2061248998","https://openalex.org/W2076157613","https://openalex.org/W2076196293","https://openalex.org/W2079903760","https://openalex.org/W2084423974","https://openalex.org/W2086461330","https://openalex.org/W2088438488","https://openalex.org/W2093214731","https://openalex.org/W2094470552","https://openalex.org/W2094770079","https://openalex.org/W2104319213","https://openalex.org/W2104741941","https://openalex.org/W2107934935","https://openalex.org/W2114834688","https://openalex.org/W2118163921","https://openalex.org/W2122399640","https://openalex.org/W2134463512","https://openalex.org/W2145616008","https://openalex.org/W2146670093","https://openalex.org/W2156344126","https://openalex.org/W2165545766","https://openalex.org/W2190237004","https://openalex.org/W2301379494","https://openalex.org/W2318880643","https://openalex.org/W2318997121","https://openalex.org/W2330142050","https://openalex.org/W2479227198","https://openalex.org/W2487594302","https://openalex.org/W2889138243","https://openalex.org/W2956728310","https://openalex.org/W2987279465","https://openalex.org/W3128126677","https://openalex.org/W4251161686"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4281294325","https://openalex.org/W7125800365","https://openalex.org/W2483276231","https://openalex.org/W2734527454","https://openalex.org/W7167592848","https://openalex.org/W2484548969","https://openalex.org/W7048978825","https://openalex.org/W6990337244","https://openalex.org/W2130433945","https://openalex.org/W2487290346"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0],"idea":[1,107],"that":[2,87,108],"iconic":[3],"visible":[4,113],"gesture":[5],"had":[6],"something":[7],"to":[8,71,77,90],"do":[9],"with":[10],"the":[11,35,60,65,78,82,85,106,127,140,148,152,156,161],"origin":[12],"of":[13,37,69,94,97,122,130,143,151,155,163],"language,":[14],"particularly":[15],"speech,":[16],"is":[17,117],"a":[18,49,92],"frequent":[19],"element":[20],"in":[21,29,40],"speculation":[22,47],"about":[23,34],"this":[24,73,95],"phenomenon":[25],"and":[26,45,84,158],"appears":[27],"early":[28],"its":[30],"history.":[31],"Socrates":[32],"hypothesizes":[33],"origins":[36],"Greek":[38],"words":[39],"Plato's":[41,67],"satirical":[42],"dialogue,":[43],"Cratylus,":[44],"his":[46],"includes":[48],"possible":[50],"role":[51],"for":[52,59],"sound":[53],"based":[54],"iconicity":[55],"as":[56,58,112],"well":[57],"visual":[61],"gestures":[62],"employed":[63],"by":[64],"deaf.":[66],"use":[68],"satire":[70],"broach":[72],"topic":[74],"also":[75],"points":[76],"fine":[79],"line":[80],"between":[81],"sublime":[83],"ridiculous":[86],"has":[88],"continued":[89],"be":[91],"hallmark":[93],"sort":[96],"speculation.":[98],"This":[99,115],"paper":[100],"will":[101],"present":[102],"recent":[103],"evidence":[104,116],"supporting":[105],"language":[109],"first":[110],"arose":[111],"gesture.":[114],"culled":[118],"from":[119],"several":[120],"lines":[121],"research,":[123],"including":[124],"research":[125,133,138,146,159],"on":[126,134,139,147,160],"neurological":[128],"underpinnings":[129],"gesture,":[131],"i.e.,":[132],"mirror":[135],"neurons;":[136],"new":[137,164],"gestural":[141],"communication":[142],"African":[144],"apes;":[145],"cognitive":[149],"basis":[150],"signed":[153,165],"languages":[154],"deaf;":[157],"emergence":[162],"languages.":[166]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":15},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-10-16T09:59:22.235173","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}