I have always thought of a hunter with both hands busy - bow and arrow - and not wanting to spook the game. It's also less interfering or directive, more subtle and economical in other contexts.<div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Amy Dahlstrom <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:a-dahlstrom@uchicago.edu" target="_blank">a-dahlstrom@uchicago.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hello Algonquianists,<br>
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I'm a discussant at an upcoming conference on gesture, and one thing I thought I would mention to the (extremely diverse) audience is the practice among at least some of the Algonquian peoples of pointing with the lips or with the chin, rather than pointing with the finger.<br>
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I would like to ask you all how widespread this practice is. And for native speakers (native pointers? :-) ), do you have any intuitions about why pointing with the finger is avoided? Would it seem rude to point with the finger? Or inappropriate in some other way?<br>
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thanks in advance for any thoughts you can share!<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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Amy<br>
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P.S. if you hit "reply" remember that you are replying to the whole list! :-)<br>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>John S. Long, EdD<div>Professor<br>Schulich School of Education<br>Nipissing University</div>
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