Review of research on gesture

[Sherman Wilcox]

One of my favorite people to read about this is Dwight Bolinger, 
especially "Intonation and Its Parts" and also his wonderful essay in 
American Speech, "Intonation and Gesture."
-- 
Sherman

On 12 May 2014, at 16:58, Wallace Chafe wrote:

> I have no wish to stir up another hornet's nest on this topic, but I
> wanted to point to something I think has already been mentioned in
> passing a couple times: that is, parallels between gesture and prosody
> (pitch, volume, timing, and voice quality). At least some of the uses 
> of
> prosody appear to have things in common with gesture, and one might 
> even
> think of prosody as gesturing by the lungs and larynx. Speaking in a
> monotone is a little like speaking with one's hands tied behind one's 
> back.
>
> --Wally