Sensorimotor communication and language: Comment on "The body talks: Sensorimotor communication and its brain and kinematic signatures" by G. Pezzulo et al

Chiara Gambi; Martin J Pickering

doi:10.1016/j.plrev.2019.01.015

Sensorimotor communication and language: Comment on "The body talks: Sensorimotor communication and its brain and kinematic signatures" by G. Pezzulo et al

Chiara Gambi, Martin J Pickering

School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

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n their review article, Pezzulo et al. aim to define sensorimotor communication (SMC) as a unique phenomenon, and thus place great importance on distinguishing SMC from other forms of communication, including language. Given this aim, their focus rests inevitably on the differences, rather than commonalities, between SMC and language. The main difference between SMC and language, in their view, is that language-based interactions represent a conventionalised form of communication.

Original language	English
Journal	Physics of Life Reviews
Early online date	30 Jan 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plrev.2019.01.015
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 30 Jan 2019

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language
interaction
joint action
pragmatics
conventions

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