Do Iconic Hand Gestures Really Contribute to the Communication of Semantic Information in a Face-to-Face Context?

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 73-88

  Holler, Judith ^a   Shovelton, Heather ^a   Beattie, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Face to face communication; Iconic gesture; Relative position information; Semantic features; Size information

Indexed keywords

EID: 64749093032     PISSN: 01915886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10919-008-0063-9     Document Type: Article

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