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The Dynamic Dance : Nonvocal Communication in African Great Apes.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (302 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674039612
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Dynamic DanceDDC classification:
  • 599.88/159/096
LOC classification:
  • QL737
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- 1 Social Communication as Dance -- 2 Gesture and Dynamic Systems Theory -- 3 Gesture in Captive African Great Apes -- 4 Gesture in Wild African Great Apes -- 5 The Evolution of Gesture -- 6 Imagined Futures -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Summary: Using dynamic systems theory, employed to study human communication, King demonstrates the complexity of apes' social communication, and the extent to which their interactions generate meaning. As King describes, apes create meaning primarily through their body movements--and go well beyond conveying messages about food, mating, or predators.
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Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- 1 Social Communication as Dance -- 2 Gesture and Dynamic Systems Theory -- 3 Gesture in Captive African Great Apes -- 4 Gesture in Wild African Great Apes -- 5 The Evolution of Gesture -- 6 Imagined Futures -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Using dynamic systems theory, employed to study human communication, King demonstrates the complexity of apes' social communication, and the extent to which their interactions generate meaning. As King describes, apes create meaning primarily through their body movements--and go well beyond conveying messages about food, mating, or predators.

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