33.3340, Summer Schools: Gestures: How to Analyse Forms, Meaning and Functions / Online

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LINGUIST List: Vol-33-3340. Sun Oct 30 2022. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 33.3340, Summer Schools:  Gestures: How to Analyse Forms, Meaning and Functions / Online

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Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2022 19:19:58
From: Alan Cienki [a.cienki at vu.nl]
Subject: Gestures: How to Analyse Forms, Meaning and Functions / Online

 

Gestures: How to Analyse Forms, Meaning and Functions

Host Institution: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Website: https://vu.nl/en/education/professionals/courses-programmes/gestures-how-to-analyse-forms-meaning-and-functions

Dates: 11-Jan-2023 - 17-Jan-2023
Location: Online, via Zoom, Netherlands

Focus: How to study speakers’ hand movements in terms of units of analysis and in terms of the forms these gestures take. - How speakers refer to ideas through pointing and depiction. - How manual gestures qualify what speakers say by indicating emphasis and different stances (perspectives). - How some gestures are more, and others less, dependent on speech.
Minimum Education Level: MA


Special Qualifications:
This course is geared towards MA and PhD students as well as professionals.


Description:
This introduction to gesture analysis is geared towards MA and PhD students as
well as professionals. It is intended for those who have no background in
gesture studies but who wish to learn more about communication by studying
speakers’ manual movements in relation to language use. The course will be
taught in English; it will be led by Prof. Alan Cienki (Director of the MA
program in Multimodal Communication at VU Amsterdam). Registration is now
open, and there is an early-bird discount for those registering by Oct. 15. 


Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Tuition Explanation: https://vu.nl/en/education/more-about/winter-school-fees-discounts


Financial Aid: Applications accepted until 15-Nov-2022
Please see the website.

Financial Aid Instructions:
Please see the website.


Registration: Open until 01-Dec-2022

Contact Person: Bianca van Putten
                Phone: +31 20 5986429
                Email: graduatewinterschool at vu.nl


Registration Instructions:
Please see the website.




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