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Structuring information through gesture and intonation

  • Face-to-face communication is multimodal. In unscripted spoken discourse we can observe the interaction of several "semiotic layers", modalities of information such as syntax, discourse structure, gesture, and intonation. We explore the role of gesture and intonation in structuring and aligning information in spoken discourse through a study of the co-occurrence of pitch accents and gestural apices. Metaphorical spatialization through gesture also plays a role in conveying the contextual relationships between the speaker, the government and other external forces in a naturally-occurring political speech setting.

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Author details:Stefanie Jannedy, Norma Mendoza-Denton
URN:urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-8774
ISSN:1866-4725
ISSN:1614-4708
Title of parent work (German):Interdisciplinary studies on information structure : ISIS ; working papers of the SFB 632
Publication type:Article
Language:English
Publication year:2005
Publishing institution:Universität Potsdam
Contributing corporation:Sonderforschungsbereich 632 Informationsstruktur <Berlin>
Release date:2006/09/18
Tag:affect; gesture; intonation; narrative structure; political speech; spoken discourse
Issue:3
First page:199
Last Page:244
Source:Interdisciplinary studies on information structure : ISIS ; working papers of the SFB 632. - Vol. 3
RVK - Regensburg classification:ER 300
Organizational units:Extern / Extern
Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Linguistik
DDC classification:4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache
Collection(s):Universität Potsdam / Schriftenreihen / Interdisciplinary studies on information structure : ISIS ; working papers of the SFB 632, ISSN 1866-4725 / ISIS (2005) 03
Institution name at the time of the publication:Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Linguistik / Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft
License (German):License LogoKeine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz
External remark:erschienen in:
Approaches and findings in oral, written and gestural language. - Potsdam : Univ.-Verl., 2005. - 244 S.
(Interdisciplinary studies on information structure ; 3)
ISBN 3-937786-01-5
URN: urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-8255

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