Language and Gesture in Chinese Conversation: Bshu-shuhuą [Pehme köide]

Contents

Tables

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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

2.1 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

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Entity

3.3 Motion, manner, and path

3.4 Action and manner

3.5 General discussion

3.6 Conclusion

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

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Temporal span

5.3 Deictic time

5.4 Sequence time

5.5 General discussion

5.6 Conclusion

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

7.1 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