Precision in gestures and words

Authors

  • Laura Vincze
  • Isabella Poggi
  • Francesca D’Errico

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1970-2221/4297

Keywords:

multimodal communication, precision gesture, vagueness

Abstract

This paper investigates the notion of precision in cognition and communication, it
overviews the gestures conveying precision analysed in the literature on multimodality
and provides an analysis of the precision gesture of the beak in a corpus of
oral university examinations. Based on a corpus of transcribed Italian real speech,
a linguistic analysis is also proposed of the beak’s lexical affiliates (the adverbs esclusivamente,
proprio, appunto) and of their possible meanings.

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Published

2014-04-18

How to Cite

Vincze, L., Poggi, I., & D’Errico, F. (2014). Precision in gestures and words. Ricerche Di Pedagogia E Didattica. Journal of Theories and Research in Education, 9(1), 179–198. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1970-2221/4297

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2014): Communicating Certainty and Uncertainty: multidisciplinary perspectives on epistemicity in everyday life [Special Issue]

Section

Special Issue

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