Gestures as Pre-Positions in Communication
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20205896 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Silvi Tenjes (University of Tartu, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 302-320 |
| Publication date | 2001-10-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Trames Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1406-0922 • E-ISSN: 1736-7514 |
| Publisher | Estonian Academy Publishers (PUBLISHER • EE) |
| DOI | 10.3176/tr.2001.4.02 |
| OpenAlex | W325354202 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
In the first part of the article, I focus my attention on nonverbal means in society and the new perspective of investigating communication through symbolic units. The theoretical part deals with problems related to the paradigm of imagistic language, which is connected with the research of gestures. In the second part, I concentrate on two types of gestures and their use in face-to-face interaction. Gestures of the first type appear during pauses or in word searches in the conversation, etc. Gestures of the second type are pointing gestures that accompany speech in the context of spatial relations. Both types of gestures are referred to as iconic gestures. The gestures share the quality of appearing before the concept in the sentence to which they relate in meaning. I also provide some examples and discussion about the onset of iconic gestures and their lexical affiliate
Computer vision · Gesture · Communication · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Education and Pedagogy · Linguistic research and analysis · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |