TY  - BOOK
N2  - "Gesture, or visible bodily action that is seen as intimately involved in the activity of speaking, has long fascinated scholars and laymen alike. Written by a leading authority on the subject, this long-awaited study provides a comprehensive treatment of gesture and its use in interaction, drawing on the analysis of everyday conversations to demonstrate its varied role in the construction of utterances. Adam Kendon accompanies his analyses with an extended discussion of the history of the study of gesture - a topic little dealt with in previous publications - as well as exploring the relationship between gesture and sign language, and how the use of gesture varies according to cultural and language differences. Set to become the definitive account of the topic, Gesture will be invaluable to all those interested in human communication. Its publication marks a major development, both in semiotics and in the emerging field of gesture studies."--Jacket.
AB  - "Gesture, or visible bodily action that is seen as intimately involved in the activity of speaking, has long fascinated scholars and laymen alike. Written by a leading authority on the subject, this long-awaited study provides a comprehensive treatment of gesture and its use in interaction, drawing on the analysis of everyday conversations to demonstrate its varied role in the construction of utterances. Adam Kendon accompanies his analyses with an extended discussion of the history of the study of gesture - a topic little dealt with in previous publications - as well as exploring the relationship between gesture and sign language, and how the use of gesture varies according to cultural and language differences. Set to become the definitive account of the topic, Gesture will be invaluable to all those interested in human communication. Its publication marks a major development, both in semiotics and in the emerging field of gesture studies."--Jacket.
T1  - Gesture :visible action as utterance /
DA  - 2004.
CY  - Cambridge ;
CY  - New York :
AU  - Kendon, Adam.
CN  - P117
CN  - P117
PB  - Cambridge University Press,
PP  - Cambridge ;
PP  - New York :
PY  - 2004.
ID  - 775625
KW  - Gesture.
SN  - 9780521542937
SN  - 0521542936
SN  - 9780521835251
SN  - 0521835259
TI  - Gesture :visible action as utterance /
LK  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam051/2004049686.html
LK  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0733/2004049686-b.html
LK  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam041/2004049686.html
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam051/2004049686.html
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0733/2004049686-b.html
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam041/2004049686.html
ER  -