The Semiotics of French Gestures

by Genevieve Calbris and Geneviève Calbris

Book Overview

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, Genevi ve 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253312973
• ISBN13: 9780253312976
• Release Date: April 1990
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher