Gesture
a slim guide
$69.58
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
11 June 2025
Summary
Unlock the Language of Your Hands: A Guide to Gesture Communication
This book offers a concise and approachable introduction to the fascinating world of gesture and its crucial role in communication. Gestures, the movements we make with our bodies alongside spoken or signed language, are universal yet deeply influenced by context.
Lauren Gawne expertly explores various gesture categories, highlighting their cultural and linguistic variations, as well as their dependence on s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780192855084 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0192855085 |
| Author: | Lauren Gawne |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 11 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 264g |
| Dimensions: | 217mm x 136mm x 12mm |
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About The Author
Lauren Gawne
Lauren Gawne is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Languages and Cultures at La Trobe University. Her research focuses on the use of gesture with speech, cross-cultural variation in gesture, and the use of emoji, particularly the ways text and emoji parallel speech and gesture. She is passionate about communicating linguistics to a range of audiences and co-hosts the podcast Lingthusiasm with Gretchen McCulloch.
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