Connecting iconic gestures with units of speech

The aim of this study is to look at the connections between speech and gesture at the level of iconic gestures and their lexical affiliates. The primary interest is to see if the lexical affiliates of gestures representing the four aspects of iconicity belong to any specific word class or take a spe...

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Main Author:	Spets, H. (Heidi)
Format:	Others
Language:	English
Published:	University of Oulu 2016
Subjects:	English Philology
Online Access:	http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201602031106 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:fi:oulu-201602031106

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spelling	ndltd-oulo.fi-oai-oulu.fi-nbnfioulu-2016020311062018-06-19T05:08:54ZConnecting iconic gestures with units of speechSpets, H. (Heidi)info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess© Heidi Spets, 2016English PhilologyThe aim of this study is to look at the connections between speech and gesture at the level of iconic gestures and their lexical affiliates. The primary interest is to see if the lexical affiliates of gestures representing the four aspects of iconicity belong to any specific word class or take a specific position within clause structure. David McNeill’s theories on gestures and the growth point as well as Nick Enfield’s idea of the composite utterance serve as the main theoretical background for this study. The findings suggest that iconic gestures connect to specific units of speech.University of Oulu2016-02-03info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201602031106urn:nbn:fi:oulu-201602031106eng
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Connecting iconic gestures with units of speech

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