Language and gesture in Chinese conversation. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kawai Chui.
• Authors: Chui, Kawai
• Contents: Contents Tables Figures Preface 1 Language and Gesture in Conversation 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Are gestures informative? 1.3 Do gestures synchronize with speech? 1.4 Overview of the study 2 Speech-Gesture Cases in Conversation 2.1 Introduction 2.2 The selection of cross-modal cases 2.3 Gesture phases and temporal demarcation 2.4 Gestural configuration and types of ideas 2.5 A corpus of data for study 3 Language, Gesture, and Semantic Relationship 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Entity 3.3 Motion, manner, and path 3.4 Action and manner 3.5 General discussion 3.6 Conclusion 4 Metaphors in Language and Gesture 4.1 Introduction 4.2 The entity metaphor 4.3 Motion metaphors 4.4 Orientation metaphors 4.5 Action metaphors 4.6 General discussion 4.7 Conclusion 5 Time in Language and Gesture 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Temporal span 5.3 Deictic time 5.4 Sequence time 5.5 General discussion 5.6 Conclusion 6 Language, Gesture, and Temporal Relationship 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Preparation onsets, speech onsets, and fluent speech 6.3 Stroke onsets, speech onsets, and fluent speech 6.4 Gesture onsets, speech onsets, and disrupted speech 6.5 General discussion 6.6 Conclusion 7 Perspectives on Production of Gestures in Speech Communication 7.1 Use profile of gestures in conversation 7.2 The lexical-retrieval view 7.3 The action-system view 7.4 The growth-point view 7.5 General discussion 7.6 Conclusion References Appendices Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 495.10141; Speech and gesture -- Taiwan; Conversation analysis -- Taiwan; Chinese language -- Discourse analysis; Chinese language -- Social aspects -- Taiwan
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429770623; 9780429770630; 9780429429668
• Related ISBNs: 9781138367708
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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