The Semiotics of French Gestures

The Semiotics of French Gestures will be a valuable source for scholars and students of communication, semiotics, linguistics, and languages.

List of contents

FOREWORD BY IVAN FONAGY PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTATION I. Determining the Relevant Features of a Gestural Expression: An Intracultural Experimental Study II. The Iconic and Cultural Nature of Gesture: An Intercultural Experimental Study III. Physical Components of the Gestural Sign IV. Semantic Fields of the Gestural Sign V. Mimic Representation VI. The Relationship between Signifier and Signified: Motivation VII. An Application: The Motivation of Refusal VIII. Gesture and Speech CONCLUSION APPENDIXES REFERENCES INDEX

About the author

Genevieve Calbris

Product details

• Authors: Genevieve Calbris
• Assisted by: Owen Doyle (Translation)
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.04.1990
• EAN: 9780253312976
• ISBN: 978-0-253-31297-6
• No. of pages: 260
• Weight: 626 g
• Series: Advances in Semiotics; Open Indiana; Advances in Semiotics (Hardcov
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics