Cross-cultural variation of speech-accompanying gesture: A review

Language and Cognitive Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-167

  Kita, Sotaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conversation; Culture; Gesture; Language; Space

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL VALUE; GESTURE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMANTICS;

EID: 59149088138     PISSN: 01690965     EISSN: 14640732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01690960802586188     Document Type: Review

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