Gestural Usage
Definition:
Gestural usage is the use of a deictic expression in such a way that a physical monitoring of the speech situation is necessary for interpretation of the expression.
Examples:
(English)
- In the following sequence, an accompanying gesture is necessary to interpret the expression:
- This one’s genuine, but this one is a fake.
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Source:
This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.