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The Semiotics of French Gestures

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Geneviève Calbrid, Owen Doyle
1990
Published by: Indiana University Press
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The Semiotics of French Gestures is an important contribution in the field of semiotics, described on the original 1990 front cover flap text as follows: "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, Genevieve 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 structural semantics of the set of expressive gestures and facial expressions that accompany or replace spoken language.

Table of Contents

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Cover

Half Title Page

pp. i

Series Title

pp. ii

Title Page

pp. iii

Copyright

pp. iv

Contents

pp. v-vi

Illustrations

pp. vii

List of Figures

pp. viii-ix

List of Tables

pp. x

Foreword

pp. xi-xiv

Preface

pp. xv-xvii

Acknowledgments

pp. xviii-xviii

Notation

pp. xix-xx

1. Determining the Relevant Features of a Gestural Expression

pp. 1-25

2. The Iconic and Cultural Nature of Gesture

pp. 26-40

3. Physical Components of the Gestural Sign

pp. 41-83

4. Semantic Fields of the Gestural Sign

pp. 84-103

5. Mimic Representation

pp. 104-115

6. The Relationship Between Signifier and Signified

pp. 116-153

7. An Application

pp. 154-161

8. Gesture and Speech

pp. 162-204

Conclusion

pp. 205-210

Excerpts From a Dictionary of Gestures (From Calbris 1984)

pp. 211-227

References

pp. 228-230

Index

pp. 231-236
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