On Grammar-Gesture Relations : Gestures Associated with Negation
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| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Cambridge Handbook of Gesture Studies |
| Editors | Alan Cienki |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Chapter | 17 |
| Pages | 446-474 |
| ISBN (electronic) | 9781108638869 |
| ISBN (print) | 9781108486316, 9781108719667 |
| Publication status | Published - 2024 |
Publication series
| Name | Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics |
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| DOI | DOI |
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| Permanent Link | https://scholars.cityu.edu.hk/en/publications/publication(af40cfe4-875b-4a8d-b331-446ea1c73f29).html |
Abstract
When, how, and why do people gesture? The Cambridge Handbook of Gesture Studies offers many answers to this question from diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives on the relation between language and gesture. The topic introduced in this chapter pulls together several strands of research that have highlighted gesture’s relation to notions and processes that are traditionally seen as ‘grammatical’. In particular, rich observations on gesture’s link with negation have featured in the work of several key thinkers and texts, and can therefore be said to have played a role in shaping contemporary gesture studies. Rather than emphasizing the spontaneity and idiosyncrasy of co-speech gestures, for instance, studies of gesture’s association with negation have shed light on regularities in gesture form, function, and linguistic organization, and in turn, offered evidence for the multimodality of grammar, the embodiment of cognition, and our bodies’ “potential for language” (Müller, 2013, p.202).
Research Area(s)
- negation, multimodal grammar, recurrent gestures, sign language, Open Hand Prone family, ‘away’ gestures
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Citation Format(s)
On Grammar-Gesture Relations: Gestures Associated with Negation. / Harrison, Simon.
The Cambridge Handbook of Gesture Studies. ed. / Alan Cienki. Cambridge University Press, 2024. p. 446-474 (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics).
The Cambridge Handbook of Gesture Studies. ed. / Alan Cienki. Cambridge University Press, 2024. p. 446-474 (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics).
Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 12 - Chapter in an edited book (Author) › peer-review
