ISBN:
9027285179
,
9789027285171
Language:
English
,
French
Pages:
Online Ressource (xx, 378 pages)
,
illustrations.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Gesture studies v. 5
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Calbris, Geneviève Elements of meaning in gesture
DDC:
302.222
Keywords:
Gesture
;
Semiotics
;
Psycholinguistics
;
Thought and thinking
;
Speech
;
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Communication Studies
;
Gesture
;
Psycholinguistics
;
Semiotics
;
Speech
;
Thought and thinking
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Summarizing her pioneering work on the semiotic analysis of gestures in conversational settings, Geneviève Calbris offers a comprehensive account of her unique perspective on the relationship between gesture, speech, and thought. She highlights the various functions of gesture and especially shows how various gestural signs can be created in the same gesture by analogical links between physical and semantic elements. Originating in our world experience via mimetic and metonymic processes, these analogical links are activated by contexts of use and thus lead to a diverse range of semantic const
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. - In English with some French text. - Description based on print version record
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