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What does cross-linguistic variation in semantic coordination of speech and gesture reveal? : evidence for an interface representation of spatial thinking and speaking

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Kita, Sotaro and Özyürek, Asli (2003) What does cross-linguistic variation in semantic coordination of speech and gesture reveal? : evidence for an interface representation of spatial thinking and speaking. Journal of Memory and Language, Volume 48 (Number 1). pp. 16-32. doi:10.1016/S0749-596X(02)00505-3

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Abstract

Gestures that spontaneously accompany speech convey information coordinated with the concurrent speech. There has been considerable theoretical disagreement about the process by which this informational coordination is achieved. Some theories predict that the information encoded in gesture is not influenced by how information is verbally expressed. However, others predict that gestures encode only what is encoded in speech. This paper investigates this issue by comparing informational coordination between speech and gesture across different languages. Narratives in Turkish, Japanese, and English were elicited using an animated cartoon as the stimulus. It was found that gestures used to express the same motion events were influenced simultaneously by (1) how features of motion events were expressed in each language, and (2) spatial information in the stimulus that was never verbalized. From this, it is concluded that gestures are generated from spatio-motoric processes that interact on-line with the speech production process. Through the interaction, spatio-motoric information to be expressed is packaged into chunks that are verbalizable within a processing unit for speech formulation. In addition, we propose a model of speech and gesture production as one of a class of frameworks that are compatible with the data.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Psychology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Similarity (Language learning), Speech, Gesture, Semantics
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Memory and Language
Publisher: Academic Press
ISSN: 0749-596X
Official Date: January 2003
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January 2003Published
Volume: Volume 48
Number: Number 1
Page Range: pp. 16-32
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-596X(02)00505-3
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access

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