The study of gesture has a long history (Kendon, 1982). The earliest books devoted
exclusively to it appeared in the 17th century (eg, Bulwer 1644). In the 18th century …

The study of gesture has a long history. The earliest books devoted exclusively to it
appeared at the beginning of the 17th century. In the 18th century, especially in France …

Gesture, often considered to be the" comon language of a-1.1 rnankind"(Quintilianus 85),
the" language of nature" surviving from the'prirnitive' stage of man's evolution (Tlrlor 1855), is …

Gesture Studies aims to publish book-length publications on all aspects of gesture. ese
include, for instance, the relationship between gesture and speech; the role gesture may …

Five topics in gesture studies are briefly discussed and references are added so that the
discussion can serve as a means by which the reader can pursue them further. We begin …

Gesture Studies aims to publish book-length publications on all aspects of gesture. These
include, for instance, the relationship between gesture and speech; the role gesture may …

The famous bestseller" Body Language"(Fast, 1971), the book that popularized the science
of nonverbal behavior, has had a severe impact on the social life of a gesture researcher …

This book is about cognitive connections between gesture and speech that may be
established during utterance production. Among the functions of gesture presented …

Why do people gesture while speaking? What role does this activity play in verbal
exchanges? Which kind of relationship does it exhibit between the verbal and the gestural …

Although interest in gesture is of very long standing (see Kendon 1982, Schmitt 1984, 1990
for discussions of the history of gesture studies), it is only within the last decade and a half …