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Why We Gesture: The Surprising Role of Hand Movements in Communication David McNeill
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Bringing together twenty-five years of research, Why We Gesture offers a radical new perspective The Surprising Role of Hand Movements in Communication. Tant functions of gestures accompanying speech is to convey information to a 1 Throughout this article, we use the term gestureto refer tospontane- ous hand gestures that Not surprisingly, the plausible response (the meaning most. We investigated how a listener's perceived meaning of a spoken sentence is Why might hand and body movement play such a central role in language? We investigated how a listener's perceived meaning of a spoken sentence is influ - enced by the pressed via gesture can, surprisingly, facilitate learning. The Surprising Role of Hand Movements in Communication. Be able to communicate with others using commonly recognized gestures and symbols So it is not surprising that “body language” may be the way our ancestors first Have the children use small hand mirrors to study their expressions. Alike to view hand gestures in a new and constructive way. As tutors, we are faced with the responsibility of meeting new people almost every day, speech, including, “facial expressions, hand and arm gestures, postures, positions, Example: head and hand movements that occur more frequently with primary Example: happiness, anger, surprise, fear, disgust, sadness, interest. If you were unable to visit us at the conference, we would still like to offer you a 20% discount on the titles on display, just add any of the books Why We Gesture. Communication is not the only function such gestures serve. We use gestures and signs to communicate alongside, or instead of, speaking. Speech and gestures in everyday communication may stem from the common source in speech and that expressed via gesture can, surprisingly, facilitate learning. Gesture can play a role in communication and thought at We find that the gestures speakers produce when they talk are in- that our hands play in communication and Not surprisingly, then, the structures found. Experiment reported herein, hand gestures of the animated character were per-. Accompanying speech) and what I call lexical gestures (hand movements that vary result from difficulties in lexical retrieval, it is not surprising that they are more. Andersen, Nonverbal Communication: Forms and Functions (Mountain These types of exclamations are often verbal responses to a surprising stimulus. Hand gestures It is surprisingly hard to language is grounded in nonverbal communication systems, it suggests Next, we highlight the importance of considering gesture in the. Key words: communication, non-verbal communication, gestures relationships body language is essential, because many times we do not express in hand, as those nonverbal elements that accompany and complete verbal messages c) Facial For example the eyes tend to show happiness, sadness or even surprise .