Face-to-face communication is multimodal. In unscripted spoken
discourse we can observe the interaction of several "semiotic layers",
modalities of information such as syntax, discourse structure, gesture,
and intonation. <br>We explore the role of gesture and intonation in
structuring and aligning information in spoken discourse through a
study of the co-occurrence of pitch accents and gestural apices.<br>
Metaphorical spatialization through gesture also plays a role in
conveying the contextual relationships between the speaker, the
government and other external forces in a naturally-occurring political
speech setting.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:Potsdam/oai:kobv.de-opus-ubp:877 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Creators | Jannedy, Stefanie, Mendoza-Denton, Norma |
| Contributors | Sonderforschungsbereich 632 Informationsstruktur <Berlin> |
| Publisher | Universität Potsdam, Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät. Institut für Linguistik / Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Extern. Extern |
| Source Sets | Potsdam University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Interdisciplinary studies on information structure : ISIS ; working papers of the SFB 632. - Vol. 3 |
| Rights | http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/doku/urheberrecht.php |
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