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Summary: Poorly written, no explanations
Review: I was very disappointed with this book, I really took a chance because I give weight to rates and reviews but no one had yet rated this book when I bought it. Since I am the first person rating the book, I hate to do this. This book is extremely difficult to understand, many difficult words that are not too often spoken in daily conversation are used so you better keep a dictionary handy. The author doesn't give any back ground in the subject of hands movements so you kind of dive right in with his "heavy currents" of writing so bring your life preserver. Let me put it this way, when the author writes or explains things, he is writing from the assumption (this may be an assumption on my part also) that you already know about this topic and have been in the field of hand movements for quite sometime. If you have no background in this subject and you really want to learn about it, then you are going to have to read VERY s l o w l y, and re-read a lot. It took me a week to get past chapter 1; I can finish a book usually in 3 days. This book needs to be rewritten in language that us common folk can understand.
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Summary: first reviewer gives a bad impression
Review: Yes, this book is a bit difficult, but it's not *supposed* to be for the lay person. It's a very clearly written exposition of over 10 years of psycholinguistic research by Professor McNeill (now he might call himself a Cognitive Linguist, I don't know for sure). I just couldn't let that one review stand alone because it is so sorely misguided and makes McNeill's work unappealing. Today gesture studies is a thriving discipline, and this book is probably THE MOST influential and cited work in the field. VERY IMPORTANT. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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Summary: first reviewer gives a bad impression
Review: Yes, this book is a bit difficult, but it's not *supposed* to be for the lay person. It's a very clearly written exposition of over 10 years of psycholinguistic research by Professor McNeill (now he might call himself a Cognitive Linguist, I don't know for sure). I just couldn't let that one review stand alone because it is so sorely misguided and makes McNeill's work unappealing. Today gesture studies is a thriving discipline, and this book is probably THE MOST influential and cited work in the field. VERY IMPORTANT. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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