| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 378 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
Gesture studies ; v. 5
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Gesture studies ; v. 5.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. The functions of gesture in relation to speech -- pt. 2. The systematic organization of gestural signs -- pt. 3. The symbolic relations between gestures and notions -- pt. 4. The gestural sign in utterance. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English with some French text. |
| Subject |
Gesture.
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Gesture. |
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Semiotics.
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Semiotics. |
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Psycholinguistics.
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Psycholinguistics. |
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Thought and thinking.
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Thought and thinking. |
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Speech.
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Speech. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Calbris, Geneviève. Elements of meaning in gesture. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2011 9789027228475 (DLC) 2011018544 (OCoLC)720900034 |
| ISBN |
9027285179 (electronic book) |
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9789027285171 (electronic book) |
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9789027228475 (hardback : alkaline paper) |
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9027228477 (hardback : alkaline paper) |
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