Gesture Visible Action as Utterance

Name: Gesture Visible Action as Utterance
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ISBN: 9780521542937

ISBN-10: 0521542936

ISBN-13: 9780521542937

Edition: 2004

Authors: Adam Kendon

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Gesture, or visible bodily action intimately involved in the activity of speaking, has long fascinated scholars and laymen alike. Written by a leading authority on the subject, this book draws on the analysis of everyday conversations to demonstrate the varied role of gestures in the construction of utterances. Publication of this definitive account of the topic marks a major development in semiotics as well as in the emerging field of gesture studies.

Book details

List price: $75.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/23/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 412
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English




The domain of gesture



Visible action as gesture



Western interest in gesture from classical antiquity to the eighteenth century



Four contributions from the nineteenth century




Gesture studies in the twentieth century: recession and return



Classifying gestures



Gesture units, gesture phrases and speech



Deployments of gesture in the utterance



Gesture and speech in semantic interaction



Gesture and referential meaning



On pointing



Gestures of the 'precision-grip': topic, comment and question markers



Two gesture families of the open hand



Gesture without speech: the emergence of kinesic codes



Gesture and sign on common ground



Gesture, culture and the communication economy



The status of gesture



Transcription conventions



The recordings