Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material -- Overview of Signed Languages -- Signed Language Linguistics -- Overview of Cognitive Grammar -- Cognitive Iconicity, Conceptual Spaces, Meaning, and Gesture -- Cognitive Grammar and Signed Languages -- Language and Gesture -- Two Routes from Gesture to Language -- Setting Language in Motion -- Dynamic Systems Theory -- Neural Darwinism, Neuroscience, and Cognitive Grammar -- References -- Websites for Cognitive Linguistics and cifcl Speakers -- Appendix.

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In Ten Lectures on Cognitive Linguistics and the Unification of Spoken and Signed Languages Sherman Wilcox suggests that rather than abstracting away from the material substance of language, linguists can discover the deep connections between signed and spoken languages by taking an embodied view. This embodied solution reveals the patterns and principles that unite languages across modalities. Using a multidisciplinary approach, Wilcox explores such issues as the how to apply cognitive grammar to the study of signed languages, the pervasive conceptual iconicity present throughout the lexicon and grammar of signed languages, the relation of language and gesture, the grammaticization of signs, the significance of motion for understanding language as a dynamic system, and the integration of cognitive neuroscience and cognitive linguistics.

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