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Gesture: Visible Action as Utterance
Adam Kendon
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Description for Gesture: Visible Action as Utterance
Paperback. This 2004 book provides a comprehensive and detailed account of gesture, and how it is used in interaction. Num Pages: 412 pages, 93 b/w illus. BIC Classification: GTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642. Visible Action as Utterance. 412 pages, 93 b/w illus. This 2004 book provides a comprehensive and detailed account of gesture, and how it is used in interaction. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: GTC. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight: 658.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
412
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
412
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521542937
SKU
V9780521542937
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About Adam Kendon
Adam Kendon, one of the world's leading authorities on gesture and communication conduct, is currently a guest of the Institute for Research in Cognitive Science, University of Pennsylvania.
Reviews for Gesture: Visible Action as Utterance
The treatment of the history of gesture studies is among the finest this reviewer has encountered, so the book seems destined to become a classic. Essential. CHOICE June 2005