Gestures We Live By: The Pragmatics of Emblematic Gestures

This Book Examines Emblems (or Emblematic Gestures) From A Pragmatic View, That Is To Say, As Autonomous Gestures That Fulfill Communicative Functions, Embody Illocutionary Values, And Act As Signals Of Cognitive Relevance. Emblems Are Conceived As Multimodal Tools On The Frontier Between Verbal And Nonverbal Modes, And Are Part Of The Communicative Repertoire Of Individuals And Sociocultural Groups. Emblems Constitute Clear Cases Of Embodiment And Are Susceptible To Many Processes Of Metaphorization (contrasting Or Not With Verbal Metaphors), Metonymy, And Interference Between Modalities. The Applications Of Emblematic Analysis Are Numerous, From Lexicography To Second Language Learning, Or To Natural Language Processing. Frontmatter -- Foreword And Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Historical Perspective: A Synthesis -- 2. Emblems And Other Gestures -- 3. The Taxonomical Task: Methodology And Repertoires -- 4. An Ecological View On Emblems -- 5. The Cognitive And Interactive Dimensions Of Emblems -- 6. Conclusions And Final Remarks -- Appendices -- References -- Index Lluís Payrató, Ignasi Clemente. Mode Of Access: Internet Via World Wide Web. In English.