Gesture : visible action as utterance / Adam Kendon.
Kendon, Adam.
2004
P117 .K46 2004 (Mapit)
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Title Gesture : visible action as utterance / Adam Kendon.
Author Kendon, Adam.
ISBN 9780521542937 (paperback)
0521542936 (paperback)
9780521835251 (hardcover)
0521835259 (hardcover)
Publication Details Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Language English
Description ix, 400 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Call Number P117 .K46 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification 808.5
Summary "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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-388) and index.
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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: Andrea de Jorio, Edward Tylor, Garrick Mallery and Wilhelm Wundt
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 '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.

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