Dimensions of gesture

Special Issue of Gesture 8:1 (2008)

Editors

Adam Kendon † | University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Tommaso Russo Cardona | Università della Calabria, Cosenza

[Gesture, 8:1] 2008. 153 pp.

Publishing status: Available

© John Benjamins Publishing Company

https://doi.org/10.1075/gest.8.1

Table of Contents

Editor’s note	1–2
Tommaso Russo Cardona 1970-2007	3
Articles
Past, present, and future research on emblems in the Hispanic tradition: Preliminary and methodological considerations Lluís Payrató	5–22
Gesture and speech: The emergence and development of a strong and changing partnership Olga Capirci and Virginia Volterra	22–44
Iconicity in different types of gestures Isabella Poggi	45–61
Metaphors in sign languages and in co-verbal gesturing Tommaso Russo Cardona	62–81
Is pointing “just” pointing? Unraveling the complexity of indexes in spoken and signed discourse Elena Antinoro Pizzuto and Micaela Capobianco	82–103
Mouth actions as gesture in sign language Sabina Fontana	104–123
The discordance between Voice and Gesture in Joseph-Marie de Gérando (1772–1842) Arturo Martone	124–138
Books for review
Recent, new and forthcoming books on gesture and related topics	139–141
Notes
Further information and weblinks	143
ISGS Membership application form	144
Forthcoming events	145–146

Subjects

Communication Studies

Communication Studies

Linguistics

Signed languages

Gesture Studies

Psychology

Cognitive psychology