Open AccessComputer ScienceLinguisticsMedicine
DOI: 10.1142/s1793351x08000324

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This paper considers neurological, formational and functional similarities between gestures and signed verb predicates and offers suggestions for analyzing co-speech gesture functions.

Abstract

This paper considers neurological, formational and functional similarities between gestures and signed verb predicates. From analysis of verb sign movement, we offer suggestions for analyzing gestural movement (motion capture, kinematic analysis, trajectory internal structure). From analysis of verb sign distinctions, we offer suggestions for analyzing co-speech gesture functions.

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WILBUR, R.; MALAIA, E. Contributions of sign language research to gesture understanding: What can multimodal computational systems learn from sign language research. International Journal of Semantic Computing, 2008, 2 1: 5–9.