The relationship of gesticulation to speech has received considerable theoretical and
empirical attention from investigators interested in the verbal status of gesture, its use in …

This paper describes an empirical study aimed at investigating object references in Virtual
Environments using iconic gestures. Observations are focused on spatial concepts …

As a pan-European movement we find during the 16th and 17th centuries an acute concern
for all aspects of conversation. It is embedded into what Elias (1939/1982) calls the civilizing …

In a book about speechreading and audio-visual aspects of speech, a chapter on sign
language may seem anomalous. The incongruity is more apparent than real, however …

From speech acts to speech actions-and back'outlines recent developments in speech act
theory (and pragmatics). It ties together many strands from classical thinking and earlier …

Andrea De Jorio's classic work of 1832 on Neapolitan gesture is described. Besides
containing remarkably clear descriptions of gestures it includes interesting discussion of …

This is a Leanpub book. Leanpub empowers authors and publishers with the Lean
Publishing process. Lean Publishing is the act of publishing an in-progress ebook using …

Les gestes constituent en discours une ressource communicative indissociable du verbal.
Chez l'enfant atteint d'un trouble du langage, il a été montré que l'emploi de gestes a un effet …

Dans une communication interpersonnelle, l'échange se fait avec des mots mais aussi avec
le corps. Les comportements corporels sont souvent considérés comme un langage dont le …

Most of the research within the field of interactive characters has concentrated on generating
guidelines, or models, for believable individual variability among characters, often based on …