The effect of common ground on how speakers use gesture and speech to represent size information

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-27

  Holler, Judith ^a   Stevens, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Common ground; Iconic hand gestures; Recipient design; Size information

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847238429     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: 15526526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X06296428     Document Type: Article

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