The Semantic specificity hypothesis: When gestures do not depend upon the presence of a listener

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 169-178

  Pine, Karen J ^a   Gurney, Daniel J ^a   Fletcher, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Gesture; Semantics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954459787     PISSN: 01915886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10919-010-0089-7     Document Type: Article

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