Do gestures compensate for the omission of motion expression in speech?

Chinese Language and Discourse

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-167

  Chui, Kawai ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cross linguistic representation; Gestural compensation; Gesture; Linguistic imagistic representation; Motion event

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989388330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18777031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/cld.2.2.01chu     Document Type: Article

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