Perception study -- ASL vs. Gestures

[Judy Reilly]

but the A-Ok sign means "zero" or "worth little or nothing" for French
so be cautious about what might be universal

judy


Judy Reilly
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On Apr 23, 2012, at 7:56 AM, Adam Frost wrote:

> I suspect that Adam is referring to what some people would call "universal gestures" that are generally known regardless of knowing different languages. Some examples are thumbs up and A-ok. 
> 
> Adam
> The other one ;-)
> 
> On Apr 23, 2012, at 10:43 AM, "Mark A. Mandel" <mamandel at LDC.UPENN.EDU> wrote:
> 
>> Adam,
>> What do you mean by "emblems"? Things like "come here", "stop", "hi", "be quiet"? Group membership or other (semi-)secret signs in the non-SL sense of "(secret) sign", such as gang or lodge recognition signals? 
>> Best,
>> Mark Mandel
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 12.04.20, at 8:52 PM, Adam Schembri wrote:
>> 
>>> Don,
>>> What do you mean by 'gestures'? Co-speech gesture? Emblems? Mime?
>>> Cheers,
>>> Adam Schembri
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 21/04/12 1:48 , "Grushkin, Donald A" <grushkind at CSUS.EDU> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Has there ever been a study investigating whether nonsigners with no
>>>> exposure to ASL or other signed languages can detect the difference
>>>> between gestures and natural signed languages such as ASL?  I seem to
>>>> think I did come across something like that once, but cannot rememmber
>>>> where or who, if it's not a figment of my imagination.
>>>> 
>>>> --Don Grushkin
>>>> ________________________________________
>>>> 
>> 
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