Gerardine M. Pereira
List of John Benjamins publications for which Gerardine M. Pereira plays a role.
2021 Swear words for sale: The commodification of swearing Pragmatics and Society 12:1, pp. 79–105 | Article
Swearing has traditionally been associated with spoken language; however, swear words are appearing more often in print and, notably, explicitly featured in commercial products. In this paper, we consider this development an example of the commodification of swear words, or ‘swear words for… read more
2018 The interface between pragmatics and gesture studies Pragmatics and its Interfaces, Ilie, Cornelia and Neal R. Norrick (eds.), pp. 163–184 | Chapter
This chapter considers the interface between pragmatics and gesture studies, focusing on the dynamics of communication and interaction as people engage in language use. It presents a systematic linguistic study of the relationship of speech, gesture, and eye gaze. Based on face-to-face… read more
2013 Talking about taste: Starved for words Culinary Linguistics: The chef's special, Gerhardt, Cornelia, Maximiliane Frobenius and Susanne Ley (eds.), pp. 305–316 | Article
There is a relative dearth of taste words in English, in contrast to words for other senses. We argue that this does not reflect an accompanying lack of knowledge about taste or an inability to perceive tastes. Taste knowledge was explored in an object description task and a rating task in an… read more
2013 Going to the zoo: The role of gaze and other non-verbal behavior in task-based interactions Pragmatics & Cognition 21:2, pp. 380–398 | Article
This paper reports on an investigation of gaze patterns and other non-verbal behavior in dyadic, problem-solving based interactions. In a planning activity, participants are given an instruction sheet and a physical map of a zoo. Both participants must coordinate their actions to find a common… read more
2010 "Turn Right at the Camels": The Relevance of Deictic Gestures in Task-Based Discourse Toegepaste Taalwetenschap in Artikelen 84/85, pp. 123–133 | Article
This paper investigates how dyads of test subjects establish shared orientation and signal understanding using deictic gestures in task-based discourse. My findings show that participants co-construct routes using collaborative pointing, which is often accompanied by overlap in speech. The data… read more