Table of contents
List of figuresviii
List of tablesx
Acknowledgmentsxi
1. Diversity of the lexicon1
2. Dual encoding:Vocal style18
3. Syntactic gesturing41
4. Syntactic regressions58
5. Vocal expression of emotions87
6. Poetry and vocal art174
7. Situation and meaning191
8. Fading and dynamics245
9. A hidden presence: Verbal magic266
10. Playing with language: Joke and metaphor275
11. The metaphor: A research instrument337
12. Why poetic language?358
13. The semantic structure of possessive constructions505
14. Semantic structure of punctuation marks531
15. Why gestures562
16. Between acts and words587
17. Languages within language: Dynamics and evolutions603
References699
Indexes
Subjects785
Citations808
Authors817
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