Nonverbal and verbal communication: Hand gestures and facial displays as part of language use in face-to-face dialogue

The SAGE Handbook of Nonverbal Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 97-117

  Bavelas, Janet Beavin ^a   Chovil, Nicole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b British Columbia Schizophrenia Society   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781412976152.n6     Document Type: Chapter

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