Gradient at-issueness and semiotic complexity in gesture: a response

Article Psychology, Multidisciplinary

Gestural Embodiment of Intensifiers in Iconic, Metaphoric, and Beat Gestures

Omid Khatin-Zadeh et al.

Summary: The study investigated how intensifiers are embodied in iconic and metaphoric gestures when used with literal and metaphorical statements. Persian native speakers were asked to listen to Persian stories and retell them. The results showed a higher use of iconic or beat gestures when an intensifier was used with a literal sentence and a higher use of metaphoric or beat gestures when an intensifier was used with a metaphoric sentence. This suggests that intensifiers strengthen mental simulation and embodiment of objects, ideas, or situations.

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES (2023)

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Review Psychology, Experimental

The study of gesture in cognitive linguistics: How it could inform and inspire other research in cognitive science

Alan Cienki

Summary: Cognitive linguists are now studying gestures and the methods from cognitive linguistics help identify and interpret the meaningful functions of gestures. The diversity of gesture functions provides important insights into spoken language in cognitive science research.

WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-COGNITIVE SCIENCE (2022)

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Article Linguistics