nam a22 c 4500 gs.5/337008704 nljbp 250625042351.4 cr ||||||||||| 241221s2011 ne |||||||||||||||||eng|d 2011018544 9789027285171 (e-Book) nljbp eng nljbp nljbp P117 302.2/22 23 CFG bicssc LAN009000 bisacsh Calbris, Genevieve author Elements of Meaning in Gesture Geneviève Calbris Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2011 ©2011 1 online resource (xx, 378 pp.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Gesture Studies 1874-6829 5 Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Introduction -- Chapter 1. The gestural sign and related key concepts -- Chapter 2. The demarcative function of gesture -- Chapter 3. Identifying the referential function of gesture -- Chapter 4. Classification of referential gestures according to their priority components -- Chapter 5. Systematic analysis to identify gestural signs -- Chapter 6. Different gestures represent one notion -- Chapter 7. One gesture represents different notions -- Chapter 8. The analogical links between gestures and notions -- chapter 9. The gestural sign and speech -- Chapter 10. Gesture, thought and speech -- Conclusion -- Postscript: A semiotic and linguistic perspective on gestures Summarizing her pioneering work on the semiotic analysis of gestures in conversational settings, Geneviève Calbris offers a comprehensive account of her unique perspective on the relationship between gesture, speech, and thought. She highlights the various functions of gesture and especially shows how various gestural signs can be created in the same gesture by analogical links between physical and semantic elements. Originating in our world experience via mimetic and metonymic processes, these analogical links are activated by contexts of use and thus lead to a diverse range of semantic constructions rather as, from the components of a Meccano kit, many different objects can be assembled. By (re)presenting perceptual schemata that mediate between the concrete and the abstract, gesture may frequently anticipate verbal formulation. Arguing for gesture as a symbolic system in its own right that interfaces with thought and speech production, Calbris’ book brings a challenging new perspective to gesture studies and will be seminal for generations of gesture researchers. Provided by publisher. Cognition and language Gesture Studies Pragmatics Calbris, Geneviève author Copple, Mary M. translator Hardbound version: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2011 9789027228475 DOI https://doi.org/10.1075/gs.5 JB e-Platform https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027285171