Gesture (6 entries)
The Gesture project studies the production and comprehension of manual gestures as well as their integration in composite utterances of gesture and speech.
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Ethnography of Pointing
Pointing gestures are recognised to be a primary manifestation of human social cognition and communicative capacity. The goal of this task is to collect empirical descriptions of pointing practices in… More →
Locally-Anchored Narrative
As for Locally-anchored spatial gestures task, version 2, a major goal of this task is to elicit locally-anchored spatial gestures across different cultures. “Locally-anchored spatial gestures” are gestures that are… More →
Ethnography of Pointing Questionnaire
Pointing gestures are recognised to be a primary manifestation of human social cognition and communicative capacity. The goal of this task is to collect empirical descriptions of pointing practices in… More →
“Locally-Anchored Spatial Gestures”: Historical Description of the Local Environment As a Gesture Elicitation Task
Gesture is an integral part of face-to-face communication, and provides a rich area for cross-cultural comparison. “Locally-anchored spatial gestures” are gestures that are roughly oriented to the actual geographical direction… More →
Recommendations for Data Collection for Gesture Studies
Do our hands ‘speak the same language’ across cultures? Gesture is the silent partner of spoken languages in face-to-face interaction, but we still have a lot to learn about gesture… More →
Locally-Anchored Spatial Gestures (v. 2)
Gesture is an integral part of face-to-face communication, and provides a rich area for cross-cultural comparison. “Locally-anchored spatial gestures” are gestures that are roughly oriented to the actual geographical direction… More →