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Dictionary of Gestures

Author : Francois Caradec
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262547996
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Gestures written by Francois Caradec and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2023-08-01 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated guide to more than 850 gestures and their meanings around the world, from a nod of the head to a click of the heels. Gestures convey meaning with a flourish. A vigorous nod of the head, a bold jut of the chin, an enthusiastic thumbs-up: all speak louder than words. Yet the same gesture may have different meanings in different parts of the world. What Americans understand as the “A-OK gesture,” for example, is an obscene insult in the Arab world. This volume is the reference book we didn't know we needed—an illustrated dictionary of 850 gestures and their meanings around the world. It catalogs voluntary gestures made to communicate openly—as distinct from sign language, dance moves, involuntary “tells,” or secret handshakes—and explains what the gesture conveys in a variety of locations. It is organized by body part, from top to bottom, from head (nodding, shaking, turning) to foot (scraping, kicking, playing footsie). We learn that “to oscillate the head while gently throwing it back” communicates approval in some countries even though it resembles the headshake of disapproval used in other countries; that “to tap a slightly inflated cheek” constitutes an erotic invitation when accompanied by a wink; that the middle finger pointed in the air signifies approval in South America. We may already know that it is a grave insult in the Middle East and Asia to display the sole of one's shoe, but perhaps not that motorcyclists sometimes greet each other by raising a foot. Illustrated with clever line drawings and documented with quotations from literature (the author, François Caradec, was a distinguished and prolific historian of literature, culture, and humorous oddities, as well as a novelist and poet), this dictionary offers readers unique lessons in polylingual meaning.

A Dictionary of Gestures

Author : Betty J. Bäuml
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Gestures written by Betty J. Bäuml and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features a new introduction on the nature and function of gestures, substantially enlarged contents, a wider selection of sources, expanded commentary to many gestures, and more illustrations. It describes culturally transmitted gestures from printed and pictorial sources, arranging the descriptions according to the parts of the body executing the respective gestures as well as by their significance.

Dictionary of Worldwide Gestures

Author : Betty J. Bäuml
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780810831896
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Worldwide Gestures written by Betty J. Bäuml and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of the Dictionary of Gestures features a new introduction on the nature and function of gestures, substantially enlarged contents, a wider selection of sources, expanded commentary to many gestures, and more illustrations. It describes culturally transmitted gestures from printed and pictorial sources, arranging the descriptions according to the parts of the body executing the respective gestures as well as by their significance. Each entry includes basic bibliographic information, a brief geographical, chronological, or cultural indication of its provenance, and a concise note regarding its use or relationship to other gestures. With an index and a source list that includes the abbreviations used, the Dictionary of Worldwide Gestures will make an excellent addition to public library collections and university and college libraries that support anthropology or cultural studies.

Speak Italian

Author : Bruno Munari
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811847742
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (477 download)

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Download or read book Speak Italian written by Bruno Munari and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2005-03-03 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This quirky handbook of Italian gestures, first published in 1958 by renowned Milanese artist and graphic designer Bruno Munari, will help the phalange-phobic decipher the unspoken language of gestures--a language not found in any dictionary. Photos.

Dictionary of worldwide gestures

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of worldwide gestures written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Conventional Gestures

Author : Richard L Epstein
Publisher : Advanced Reasoning Forum
ISBN 13 : 1938421256
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Conventional Gestures written by Richard L Epstein and published by Advanced Reasoning Forum. This book was released on 2018-11-05 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conventional gestures are those movements we make, such as waving hello and shaking hands, that are part of a learned, shared, symbolic system. In this book Richard L. Epstein working with the illustrator Alex Raffi examines how such gestures mean and how we can study them. Drawing on their collection of over 400 American gestures, available on the Advanced Reasoning Forum website, they examine problems of methodology and the nature of gestures in relation to the work of others who have studied and collected gestures from various cultures. An extensive annotated bibliography describes and comments on virtually all known collections of conventional gestures.

Grammar, Gesture, and Meaning in American Sign Language

Author : Scott K. Liddell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521016506
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Grammar, Gesture, and Meaning in American Sign Language written by Scott K. Liddell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-03-13 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sample Text

Recurrent Gestures of Hausa Speakers

Author : Izabela Will
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004449795
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Recurrent Gestures of Hausa Speakers written by Izabela Will and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a repertoire of conventionalized co-speech gestures used by Hausa speakers from northern Nigeria.

The Dictionary of Body Language

Author : Joe Navarro
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062846868
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book The Dictionary of Body Language written by Joe Navarro and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the world’s #1 body language expert* comes the essential book for decoding human behavior Joe Navarro has spent a lifetime observing others. For 25 years, as a Special Agent for the FBI, he conducted and supervised interrogations of spies and other dangerous criminals, honing his mastery of nonverbal communication. After retiring from the bureau, he has become a sought-after public speaker and consultant, and an internationally bestselling author. Now, a decade after his groundbreaking book What Every BODY is Saying, Navarro returns with his most ambitious work yet. The Dictionary of Body Language is a pioneering “field guide” to nonverbal communication, describing and explaining the more than 400 behaviors that will allow you to gauge anyone’s true intentions. Moving from the head down to the feet, Navarro reveals the hidden meanings behind the many conscious and subconscious things we do. Readers will learn how to tell a person’s actual feelings from subtle changes in their pupils; the lip behaviors that betray concerns or hidden information; the many different varieties of arm posturing, and what each one means; how the position of our thumbs when we stand akimbo reflects our mental state; and many other fascinating insights to help you both read others and change their perceptions of you. Readers will turn to The Dictionary Body Language again and again—a body language bible for anyone looking to understand what their boss really means, interpret whether a potential romantic partner is interested or not, and learn how to put themselves forward in the most favorable light. *GlobalGurus.org

Gesture

Author : Adam Kendon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316264939
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book Gesture written by Adam Kendon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-09-23 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gesture, or visible bodily action that is seen as intimately involved in the activity of speaking, has long fascinated scholars and laymen alike. Written by a leading authority on the subject, this 2004 study provides a comprehensive treatment of gesture and its use in interaction, drawing on the analysis of everyday conversations to demonstrate its varied role in the construction of utterances. Adam Kendon accompanies his analyses with an extended discussion of the history of the study of gesture - a topic not dealt with in any previous publication - as well as exploring the relationship between gesture and sign language, and how the use of gesture varies according to cultural and language differences. Set to become the definitive account of the topic, Gesture will be invaluable to all those interested in human communication. Its publication marks a major development, both in semiotics and in the emerging field of gesture studies.

The Semiotics of French Gestures

Author : Genevieve Calbris
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Semiotics of French Gestures written by Genevieve Calbris and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1990-04-22 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone gestures while speaking, in a specific and generally unconscious manner. What are the functions of gestures? What relationship do they have to speech? How do gestures work to create meaning? In this valuable book, Geneviève Calbris undertakes to answer those questions. Based on the author's own extensive experimental research, The Semiotics of French Gestures presents a systematic description and a detailed semiotic analysis of French gestures. The book aims to establish a structual semantics of the set of gestures and facial expressions that accompany or replace spoken language. As this book demonstrates, the study of gesturing is indispensable to a full understanding of a foreign language and its use in real-life situations. The Semiotics of French Gestures will be a valuable source for scholars and students of communication, semiotics, linguistics, and languages.

Sin palabras

Author : Guido Julián Indij
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789508891518
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Sin palabras written by Guido Julián Indij and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BILINGUAL ENGLISH/SPANISH EDITION If you've ever given anyone two thumbs up--or the finger, reminded them of the time by touching your wrist, or called them crazy by twirling a finger next to your ear, you'll appreciate the wealth of information in these small daily mimes. If you've ever watched a foreign-language-acquisition course, you'll know that while an unfamiliar gesture might be useful, it's often more ludicrous, and that the personality of whoever's expressing it can overwhelm the information quite quickly. This Visual Dictionary of Gestures catalogues the international language in demonstration by Argentine models, who scowl, pucker, squint and roll their eyes in the line of duty--it's useful if you're traveling, or if you just want to laugh.

A Dictionary of Russian Gesture

Author : Barbara Monahan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Russian Gesture written by Barbara Monahan and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bodytalk

Author : Desmond Morris
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473523443
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Bodytalk written by Desmond Morris and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to bring together the many different everyday gestures that are used all over the world. Desmond Morris has travelled to over 60 countries while making field studies of human body language, and made notes of hand gestures and facial expressions. The result is a fascinating reference book of over 600 different gestures from Europe, the Middle East, North & South America and the Far East. The book is arranged alphabetically under the part of the body used with Meaning, Action, Background and Locality and each gesture is illustrated with a line drawing. The World Guide to Gestures complements Desmond Morris's bestsellers Manwatching and Bodywatching.

A Manual of Gesture

Author : Albert M. Bacon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book A Manual of Gesture written by Albert M. Bacon and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Dictionary of Media and Communication

Author : Daniel Chandler
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192578936
Total Pages : 673 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Media and Communication written by Daniel Chandler and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-21 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative and up-to-date A-Z covers all aspects of interpersonal, mass, and networked communication, including digital and mobile media, advertising, journalism, and nonverbal communication. This new edition is particularly focused on expanding coverage of social media terms, to reflect its increasing prominence to media and communication studies as a whole. More than 2,000 entries have been revised, and over 500 new terms have been added to reflect current theoretical terminology, including concepts such as artificial intelligence, cisgender, fake news, hive mind, use theory, and wikiality. The dictionary also bridges the gap between theory and practice, and contains many technical terms that are relevant to the communication industry, including dialogue editing, news aggregator, and primary colour correction. The text is complemented by biographical notes and extensively cross-referenced, while web links supplement the entries. It is an indispensable guide for undergraduate students of media and communication studies, and also for those taking related subjects such as television studies, video production, communication design, visual communication, marketing communications, semiotics, and cultural studies.

Hand and Mind

Author : David McNeill
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226561348
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book Hand and Mind written by David McNeill and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A research subject is shown a cartoon like the 1950 Canary Row--a classic Sylvester and Tweedy Bird caper that features Sylvester climbing up a downspout, swallowing a bowling ball and slamming into a brick wall. After watching the cartoon, the subject is videotaped recounting the story from memory to a listener who has not seen the cartoon. Painstaking analysis of the videotapes revealed that although the research subjects--children as well as adults, some neurologically impaired--represented a wide variety of linguistic groupings, the gestures of people speaking English and a half dozen other languages manifest the same principles. Relying on data from more than ten years of research, McNeill shows that gestures do not simply form a part of what is said and meant but have an impact on thought itself.