THE PHYSICAL FOUNDATION OF LANGUAGE
TABLE OF SPEECH-SOUND AND MOVEMENT ELEMENTS

from The Physical Foundation of Language Robin Allott 2001

[With acknowledgments to YOUTUBE for the Video technology]

The Video demonstrates how elementary speech-sounds are related to specific positions and movements of the hand and arm, how words and gestures are formed in parallel from the combination of two or more speech-sounds and movement elements and how the gestures so produced are seen to be clearly related to the meanings of the words. The Video goes on to explain and demonstrate how these relationships can be verified and produced.
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Introduction: The relation between Language and Gesture ...

Introduction continued: The classification of speech-sound/gesture elements...

Demonstrating the speech-gesture elements Part A...

Demonstrating the speech-gesture elements Part B...

The next stage:examining the five categories of speech/gesture elements ...

Justifying the system: Three Approaches ...

Approach 1: Words showing the operation of particular speech gestures...

Approach II: How two speech gestures combine to form a word Part A...

Approach II: How two speech gestures combine to form a word Part B...

Combining more elements to form words...

Combining more elements to form words...

Approach III: Inner awareness of speech sounds and gestures...

Concluding remarks: The need for concentration and a clear mind