Human communication combines language with gesture. Gesture contributes to the
uniquely human ability to communicate about an infinite number of ideas in an efficient way …

Background Language is multimodal and situated in rich visual contexts. Language is also
incremental, unfolding moment-to-moment in real time, yet few studies have examined how …

Semantic processing is an amodal process with modality-specific information integrated in
supramodal “convergence zones” or “semantic hub” with executive mechanisms that tailor …

Purpose Real-world communication is situated in rich multimodal contexts, containing
speech and gesture. Speakers often convey unique information in gesture that is not present …

During face‐to‐face conversation, transitions between speaker turns are incredibly fast.
These fast turn exchanges seem to involve next speakers predicting upcoming semantic …

In face-to-face discourse, listeners exploit cues in the input to generate predictions about
upcoming words. Moreover, in addition to speech, speakers produce a multitude of visual …

Perubahan makna kata dengan penghalusan (eufemisme) dan pengasaran (disfemisme)
terjadi dalam tataran kalimat yang dimarkahi oleh kata, frasa, dan klausa. Tujuan penelitian …

Growing evidence shows the role of teachers gestures not only in L2 learning but also in
supporting learning in the L1 classroom (;;). The current study aims at contributing to this last …

Though gestures can convey the meaning of the message and the thoughts of the speakers,
there are limited research studies on how co-speech gestures are used in presenting …

Introduction Naturalistically, multisensory information of gesture and speech is intrinsically
integrated to enable coherent comprehension. Such cross-modal semantic integration is …