Pragmatic aspects of representational gestures: Do speakers use them to clarify verbal ambiguity for the listener?

Gesture

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 127-154

  Holler, Judith ^a   Beattie, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gesture; Gestures assisting communication; Iconic hand gestures; Pragmatic aspects of representational gestures; Verbal ambiguity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645158403     PISSN: 15681475     EISSN: 15699773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/gest.3.2.02hol     Document Type: Article

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