Head shakes: Variation in form, function, and cultural distribution of a head movement related to “no”

Simon Harrison

Head shakes: Variation in form, function, and cultural distribution of a head movement related to “no”

Simon Harrison

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 12 - Chapter in an edited book (Author) › peer-review

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This chapter documents a gesture that appears to be universal yet culturally marked, integrated with language yet also independent Ϫ the head shake. After summarizing the debate about the cultural distribution of head shakes, I focus on the variations in form and function that head shaking exhibits, and then I use English as a case study to describe how the head shake relates to verbal negation (primarily in spoken language but also in signed language).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Body – Language – Communication
Subtitle of host publication	An international handbook on multimodality in human interaction
Editors	Cornelia Müller, Alan Cienki, Ellen Fricke, Silva H. Ladewig, David McNeill, Jana Bressem
Place of Publication	Germany
Publisher	De Gruyter
Pages	1496-1501
Volume	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9783110302028, 9783110302022
ISBN (Print)	9783110300802
Publication status	Published - Oct 2014
Externally published	Yes

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Name	Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science
ISSN (Print)	1861-5090

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Harrison, S. (2014). Head shakes: Variation in form, function, and cultural distribution of a head movement related to “no”. In C. Müller, A. Cienki, E. Fricke, S. H. Ladewig, D. McNeill, & J. Bressem (Eds.), Body – Language – Communication: An international handbook on multimodality in human interaction (Vol. 2, pp. 1496-1501). (Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science). De Gruyter.

Harrison, Simon. / Head shakes : Variation in form, function, and cultural distribution of a head movement related to “no”. Body – Language – Communication: An international handbook on multimodality in human interaction. editor / Cornelia Müller ; Alan Cienki ; Ellen Fricke ; Silva H. Ladewig ; David McNeill ; Jana Bressem. Vol. 2 Germany : De Gruyter, 2014. pp. 1496-1501 (Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science).

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Head shakes: Variation in form, function, and cultural distribution of a head movement related to “no”. / Harrison, Simon.
Body – Language – Communication: An international handbook on multimodality in human interaction. ed. / Cornelia Müller; Alan Cienki; Ellen Fricke; Silva H. Ladewig; David McNeill; Jana Bressem. Vol. 2 Germany: De Gruyter, 2014. p. 1496-1501 (Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science).

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Harrison S. Head shakes: Variation in form, function, and cultural distribution of a head movement related to “no”. In Müller C, Cienki A, Fricke E, Ladewig SH, McNeill D, Bressem J, editors, Body – Language – Communication: An international handbook on multimodality in human interaction. Vol. 2. Germany: De Gruyter. 2014. p. 1496-1501. (Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science).

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