People speak not only under relaxed conditions but also during strenuous activities, and
grammatical resources can be used to achieve displays of strain. This study looks at the …

When engaging in an utterance, humans move various parts of the body in many different
ways. When we are dealing with utterances involving speech, speaking is usually conjoined …

In this dissertation, I investigate the role of the body as a critical part of linguistic
meaningmaking, taking a cognitive and usage-based approach to language. These …

This chapter looks at how people vocally display bodily strain. While strain sounds can be a
“leakage” of an individual bodily effort, they can also be performed without tension beyond …

While the lexico-grammatical and embodied practices in various instructional activities have
been explored in-depth (Keevallik, 2013; Simone & Galatolo, 2020), the vocal capacities …

It is well known that speakers often move their arms, hands, heads and parts of their faces in
conjunction with their speech. Recent studies indicate that these movements are often …

When engaging in an utterance, humans move various parts of the body in many different
ways. When we are dealing with utterances involving speech, speaking is usually conjoined …

Hand gestures communicate through the visual information created by movement. Recently,
we found that there are also direct biomechanical effects of high-impetus upper limb …

Purpose In this study, the authors investigated the hypothesis that the perceived tight
temporal synchrony of speech and gesture is evidence of an integrated spoken language …

This article navigates the findings of conversation analysis, interactional linguistics, and
related multimodal studies to summarize what we know about the grammar-body interface. It …