Co-Speech Gesture Mimicry in the Process of Collaborative Referring During Face-to-Face Dialogue

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-153

  Holler, Judith ^a,b   Wilkin, Katie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Co speech gestures; Collaborative referring; Common ground; Grounding; Mimicry

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954631087     PISSN: 01915886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10919-011-0105-6     Document Type: Article

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