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Elmslie, Tom J.; Brooke, John D. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1982
Investigates a wide range of communicative hand/arm gestures of four-year-old males interacting with their mothers. One trained observer coded videotaped behavior for the incidence of "deictic,""pantomimic," and "semantic-modifying and relational" hand or arm gestures. Results are viewed as demonstrating the link…
Descriptors: Body Language, Communication Research, Foreign Countries, Mothers
King, Christopher R. – 1981
Based on the theoretical concepts and research methodology of Paul Ekman and Wallace Friesen, a study examined the emblems (gestures with exact verbal meanings) of Punjabi (India) immigrants in Canada. A limited repertoire of 63 emblems was elicited from nine Punjabi informants and then shown to nine Canadian citizens and one United States…
Descriptors: Adults, Body Language, Communication Research, Cross Cultural Studies