ID - 30546799 TI - Gesture : visible action as utterance PY - 2004 SN - 9780521835251 9780521542937 0521835259 0521542936 9780511807572 1316262324 1316260771 0511807570 PB - Cambridge: Cambridge university press, DB - UniCat KW - #KVHA:Taalkunde Gebarentaal KW - #KVHA:Niet-verbale communicatie KW - Gestes KW - Langage gestuel KW - Gebaren. KW - Gebarentaal. KW - #KVHA:Taalkunde; Gebarentaal KW - Gesture. KW - Linguistics KW - Social psychology KW - Semiotics KW - Taal. KW - Gesture KW - Mudra KW - Acting KW - Body language KW - Elocution KW - Movement (Acting) KW - Oratory KW - Sign language UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30546799 AB - Gesture, or visible bodily action that is seen as intimately involved in the activity of speaking, has long fascinated scholars and laymen alike. Written by a leading authority on the subject, this 2004 study provides a comprehensive treatment of gesture and its use in interaction, drawing on the analysis of everyday conversations to demonstrate its varied role in the construction of utterances. Adam Kendon accompanies his analyses with an extended discussion of the history of the study of gesture - a topic not dealt with in any previous publication - as well as exploring the relationship between gesture and sign language, and how the use of gesture varies according to cultural and language differences. Set to become the definitive account of the topic, Gesture will be invaluable to all those interested in human communication. Its publication marks a major development, both in semiotics and in the emerging field of gesture studies. ER -