When up is down and down is up: Body orientation, proximity, and gestures as resources

Language in Society

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-28

  Roth, Wolff Michael ^a   Lawless, Daniel V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body movement; Gesture; Orientation; Spatial arrangements

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036488279     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S004740450200101X     Document Type: Review

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