Do Gestures Communicate?: A Review

Research on Language and Social Interaction

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 175-200

  Kendon, Adam ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 84937313011     PISSN: 08351813     EISSN: 15327973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327973rlsi2703_2     Document Type: Article

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