The role of gesture in meaning construction

Discourse Processes

Volumn 45, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 365-386

  Singer, Melissa ^a,b   Radinsky, Joshua ^a   Goldman, Susan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 47249156822     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01638530802145601     Document Type: Article

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