Factors characterizing bursts of figurative language and gesture in college lectures

Discourse Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-233

  Corts, Daniel P ^a,b  

^a AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Figurative language; Gesture; Lectures; Metaphor; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645517303     PISSN: 14614456     EISSN: 14617080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461445606061792     Document Type: Article

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