Heather Shovelton
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 220424 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Heather Shovelton |
| NOMBRES | Heather |
| APELLIDO | Shovelton |
| FIRMA | SHOVELTON H |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Manchester |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 12 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 72 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 10 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 2 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1999 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2011 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Tracking the distribution of individual semantic features in gesture across spoken discourse
Speakers frequently produce elaborate hand movements during talk that have been shown to serve a communicative function. Nevertheless, two-thirds of the semantic content of these hand movements is encoded linguistically elsewhere in the discourse (Beattie and Shovelton 2011). The present experiment demonstrated that while 62.9% of semantic information in gesture was elsewhere, most gestures (81.8%) retained at least one semantic feature that was …
An exploration of the other side of semantic communication
Past research has suggested that those spontaneous movements of the human hand made during talk convey significant semantic information over and above the speech, at least when the unit of speech analyzed is the individual clause. However, no previous research has tested whether this information is represented linguistically elsewhere in the narrative (or is directly inferable from the rest of the narrative). The first study, reported here, uses …
Nonverbal indicators of deception
This study explores the morphology of iconic gestures during deception. Participants narrated a static cartoon story twice. In one condition they provided an accurate account of the story, in the other they were instructed to introduce false details. Participants produced significantly fewer iconic gestures when describing plot-line events deceptively than when narrating comparable episode units truthfully. Deceptive gestures had significantly fe…
When size really matters
Although some studies have demonstrated that imagistic gestures do communicate significant amounts of information none have attempted to analyze the significance of that information for the linguistic account within which it is embedded. This study focuses on the semantic dimension size and in a corpus of narratives identifies every single instance of size information and identifies whether this size information is encoded in speech, in gesture, …
Why the spontaneous images created by the hands during talk can help make TV advertisements more effective
The design of effective communications depends upon an adequate model of the communication process. The traditional model is that speech conveys semantic information and bodily movement conveys information about emotion and interpersonal attitudes. But McNeill (2000) argues that this model is fundamentally wrong and that some bodily movements, namely spontaneous hand movements generated during talk (iconic gestures), are integral to semantic comm…
Lexical access in talk
Article Lexical access in talk: A critical consideration of transitional probability and word frequency as possible determinants of pauses in spontaneous speech was published on August 29, 2002 in the journal Semiotica (volume 2002, issue 141)
Blue-eyed boys? A winning smile? An experimental investigation of some core facial stimuli that may affect interpersonal perception
Article Blue-eyed boys? A winning smile? An experimental investigation of some core facial stimuli that may affect interpersonal perception was published on March 13, 2002 in the journal Semiotica (volume 2002, issue 139)
An experimental investigation of the role of different types of iconic gesture in communication
Respondents, who had either seen or not seen a sample of the iconic gestures that encoders produce when narrating a story, answered questions about the original story and it was found that the overall accuracy score for respondents who saw the iconic gestures in addition to hearing the speech was 56.8% compared to 48.6% for speech only. This was a highly reliable effect and suggests that iconic gestures are indeed communicative. Character viewpoi…
An experimental investigation of some properties of individual iconic gestures that mediate their communicative power
It has been hypothesized that the iconic hand gestures that accompany talk communicate important semantic information. This research tests whether some gestures, in the absence of speech, are more communicative than others and considers what properties of gestures might affect their communicative power. Our research found that the communicative power of gestures does vary greatly, and that this is significantly affected by the viewpoint from whic…
Iconic hand gestures and the predictability of words in context in spontaneous speech
This study presents a series of empirical investigations to test a theory of speech production proposed by Butterworth and Hadar (1989; revised in Hadar & Butterworth, 1997) that iconic gestures have a functional role in lexical retrieval in spontaneous speech. Analysis 1 demonstrated that words which were totally unpredictable (as measured by the Shannon guessing technique) were more likely to occur after pauses than after fluent speech, in line…
Do iconic hand gestures really contribute anything to the semantic information conveyed by speech? An experimental investigation
Article Do iconic hand gestures really contribute anything to the semantic information conveyed by speech? An experimental investigation was published on January 1, 1999 in the journal Semiotica (volume 123, issue 1-2)
Mapping the Range of Information Contained in the Iconic Hand Gestures that Accompany Spontaneous Speech
This study tested McNeill's theory that the iconic gestures that accompany speech in everyday talk convey critical information in interpersonal communication. Using a structured interview to measure the amount of information respondents receive from clause-length clips depicting aspects of a cartoon story, we discovered that when respondents could see the iconic gestures as well as hear the speech they received significantly more accurate informa…
Do iconic hand gestures really contribute anything to the semantic information conveyed by speech? An experimental investigation
Article Do iconic hand gestures really contribute anything to the semantic information conveyed by speech? An experimental investigation was published on January 1, 1999 in the journal Semiotica (volume 123, issue 1-2)
Mapping the Range of Information Contained in the Iconic Hand Gestures that Accompany Spontaneous Speech
This study tested McNeill's theory that the iconic gestures that accompany speech in everyday talk convey critical information in interpersonal communication. Using a structured interview to measure the amount of information respondents receive from clause-length clips depicting aspects of a cartoon story, we discovered that when respondents could see the iconic gestures as well as hear the speech they received significantly more accurate informa…
An experimental investigation of some properties of individual iconic gestures that mediate their communicative power
It has been hypothesized that the iconic hand gestures that accompany talk communicate important semantic information. This research tests whether some gestures, in the absence of speech, are more communicative than others and considers what properties of gestures might affect their communicative power. Our research found that the communicative power of gestures does vary greatly, and that this is significantly affected by the viewpoint from whic…
An experimental investigation of the role of different types of iconic gesture in communication
Respondents, who had either seen or not seen a sample of the iconic gestures that encoders produce when narrating a story, answered questions about the original story and it was found that the overall accuracy score for respondents who saw the iconic gestures in addition to hearing the speech was 56.8% compared to 48.6% for speech only. This was a highly reliable effect and suggests that iconic gestures are indeed communicative. Character viewpoi…
Why the spontaneous images created by the hands during talk can help make TV advertisements more effective
The design of effective communications depends upon an adequate model of the communication process. The traditional model is that speech conveys semantic information and bodily movement conveys information about emotion and interpersonal attitudes. But McNeill (2000) argues that this model is fundamentally wrong and that some bodily movements, namely spontaneous hand movements generated during talk (iconic gestures), are integral to semantic comm…
When size really matters
Although some studies have demonstrated that imagistic gestures do communicate significant amounts of information none have attempted to analyze the significance of that information for the linguistic account within which it is embedded. This study focuses on the semantic dimension size and in a corpus of narratives identifies every single instance of size information and identifies whether this size information is encoded in speech, in gesture, …
Iconic hand gestures and the predictability of words in context in spontaneous speech
This study presents a series of empirical investigations to test a theory of speech production proposed by Butterworth and Hadar (1989; revised in Hadar & Butterworth, 1997) that iconic gestures have a functional role in lexical retrieval in spontaneous speech. Analysis 1 demonstrated that words which were totally unpredictable (as measured by the Shannon guessing technique) were more likely to occur after pauses than after fluent speech, in line…
An exploration of the other side of semantic communication
Past research has suggested that those spontaneous movements of the human hand made during talk convey significant semantic information over and above the speech, at least when the unit of speech analyzed is the individual clause. However, no previous research has tested whether this information is represented linguistically elsewhere in the narrative (or is directly inferable from the rest of the narrative). The first study, reported here, uses …
Nonverbal indicators of deception
This study explores the morphology of iconic gestures during deception. Participants narrated a static cartoon story twice. In one condition they provided an accurate account of the story, in the other they were instructed to introduce false details. Participants produced significantly fewer iconic gestures when describing plot-line events deceptively than when narrating comparable episode units truthfully. Deceptive gestures had significantly fe…
Do iconic hand gestures really contribute anything to the semantic information conveyed by speech? An experimental investigation
Article Do iconic hand gestures really contribute anything to the semantic information conveyed by speech? An experimental investigation was published on January 1, 1999 in the journal Semiotica (volume 123, issue 1-2)
Mapping the Range of Information Contained in the Iconic Hand Gestures that Accompany Spontaneous Speech
This study tested McNeill's theory that the iconic gestures that accompany speech in everyday talk convey critical information in interpersonal communication. Using a structured interview to measure the amount of information respondents receive from clause-length clips depicting aspects of a cartoon story, we discovered that when respondents could see the iconic gestures as well as hear the speech they received significantly more accurate informa…
Iconic hand gestures and the predictability of words in context in spontaneous speech
This study presents a series of empirical investigations to test a theory of speech production proposed by Butterworth and Hadar (1989; revised in Hadar & Butterworth, 1997) that iconic gestures have a functional role in lexical retrieval in spontaneous speech. Analysis 1 demonstrated that words which were totally unpredictable (as measured by the Shannon guessing technique) were more likely to occur after pauses than after fluent speech, in line…
Lexical access in talk
Article Lexical access in talk: A critical consideration of transitional probability and word frequency as possible determinants of pauses in spontaneous speech was published on August 29, 2002 in the journal Semiotica (volume 2002, issue 141)
Blue-eyed boys? A winning smile? An experimental investigation of some core facial stimuli that may affect interpersonal perception
Article Blue-eyed boys? A winning smile? An experimental investigation of some core facial stimuli that may affect interpersonal perception was published on March 13, 2002 in the journal Semiotica (volume 2002, issue 139)
An experimental investigation of the role of different types of iconic gesture in communication
Respondents, who had either seen or not seen a sample of the iconic gestures that encoders produce when narrating a story, answered questions about the original story and it was found that the overall accuracy score for respondents who saw the iconic gestures in addition to hearing the speech was 56.8% compared to 48.6% for speech only. This was a highly reliable effect and suggests that iconic gestures are indeed communicative. Character viewpoi…
An experimental investigation of some properties of individual iconic gestures that mediate their communicative power
It has been hypothesized that the iconic hand gestures that accompany talk communicate important semantic information. This research tests whether some gestures, in the absence of speech, are more communicative than others and considers what properties of gestures might affect their communicative power. Our research found that the communicative power of gestures does vary greatly, and that this is significantly affected by the viewpoint from whic…
Why the spontaneous images created by the hands during talk can help make TV advertisements more effective
The design of effective communications depends upon an adequate model of the communication process. The traditional model is that speech conveys semantic information and bodily movement conveys information about emotion and interpersonal attitudes. But McNeill (2000) argues that this model is fundamentally wrong and that some bodily movements, namely spontaneous hand movements generated during talk (iconic gestures), are integral to semantic comm…
When size really matters
Although some studies have demonstrated that imagistic gestures do communicate significant amounts of information none have attempted to analyze the significance of that information for the linguistic account within which it is embedded. This study focuses on the semantic dimension size and in a corpus of narratives identifies every single instance of size information and identifies whether this size information is encoded in speech, in gesture, …
Nonverbal indicators of deception
This study explores the morphology of iconic gestures during deception. Participants narrated a static cartoon story twice. In one condition they provided an accurate account of the story, in the other they were instructed to introduce false details. Participants produced significantly fewer iconic gestures when describing plot-line events deceptively than when narrating comparable episode units truthfully. Deceptive gestures had significantly fe…
Tracking the distribution of individual semantic features in gesture across spoken discourse
Speakers frequently produce elaborate hand movements during talk that have been shown to serve a communicative function. Nevertheless, two-thirds of the semantic content of these hand movements is encoded linguistically elsewhere in the discourse (Beattie and Shovelton 2011). The present experiment demonstrated that while 62.9% of semantic information in gesture was elsewhere, most gestures (81.8%) retained at least one semantic feature that was …
An exploration of the other side of semantic communication
Past research has suggested that those spontaneous movements of the human hand made during talk convey significant semantic information over and above the speech, at least when the unit of speech analyzed is the individual clause. However, no previous research has tested whether this information is represented linguistically elsewhere in the narrative (or is directly inferable from the rest of the narrative). The first study, reported here, uses …
Psychology (12 obras) · Linguistics (11 obras) · Communication (10 obras) · Gesture (10 obras) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (10 obras) · Hearing Impairment and Communication (9 obras) · Computer Science (8 obras) · Cognitive psychology (7 obras) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (7 obras) · Artificial Intelligence (5 obras)