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Barker, Jacob (2022) Production and comprehension of audience design behaviours in co-speech gesture. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
Speakers can use gesture to depict information during conversation (Kendon, 2004). The current thesis investigates how speakers can adjust their gestures to communicate more effectively to an addressee using gesture. Furthermore, the current thesis investigates the mechanisms behind audience design behaviours.
Chapter 1 introduces the topics of gestures and audience design, and outlines the structure of the thesis.
Chapter 2 explores the definition and classification of gestures, and provides a review of the literature on gesture production, gesture comprehension, and audience design.
Chapter 3 investigates the mechanisms responsible for producing audience design behaviours, and the competing factors affecting gesture production. The findings suggest that speakers use cue-based heuristics to design communicative behaviours. Furthermore, the findings suggest that speakers value gesture more for communication when describing spatial stimuli than abstract stimuli.
Chapter 4 further investigates the mechanisms responsible for producing audience design behaviours and the factors affecting gesture production. The findings suggest that speakers can both respond to cues from the addressee using heuristics and take the perspective of the addressee. Furthermore, we found no evidence to suggest that the effect of visibility was due to the confounding of visibility and addressee responsiveness.
Chapter 5 investigates how foregrounding gestures can help the gestures convey information to the addressee. The findings do not provide unequivocal evidence that foregrounding benefits the addressee’s comprehension. However, trends in the data suggest that making gestures visually prominent or referring to the gesture in speech may help the gesture to convey information to the addressee.
Chapter 6 discussed and interpreted the findings from the previous Chapters. It discusses the mechanisms responsible for audience design behaviours, the factors that affect gesture production, and the effect of gestural audience design behaviours on addressee comprehension. The chapter discusses my interpretations of the findings regarding the current literature and proposes further research.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Gesture, Speech and gesture, Sociolinguistics | ||||
Official Date: | February 2022 | ||||
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Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Theses Department: | Department of Psychology | ||||
Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Kita, Sotaro, 1963- | ||||
Sponsors: | Economic and Social Research Council ; Midlands Graduate School | ||||
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Extent: | ix, 177 leaves : illustrations, charts, photographs | ||||
Language: | eng |
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