pointing, not with finger

[Monica Macaulay]

Yup, the Menominees do it too - pointing with the lips and a bit of a chin lift, as Inge described.

- Monica

On Mar 6, 2013, at 7:54 AM, Amy Dahlstrom <a-dahlstrom at UCHICAGO.EDU> wrote:

> Hello Algonquianists,
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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?
> 
> thanks in advance for any thoughts you can share!
> 
> Amy
> 
> P.S.  if you hit "reply" remember that you are replying to the whole list! :-)