Elements of Meaning in Gesture -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The gestural sign and related key concepts -- 1. The gestural sign drawn from physical experience -- 1.1 Experience of the physical world -- 1.2 Representation of the physical world -- 2. The gestural sign in discourse -- 2.1 Identifying gestural units -- 2.2 Characteristics of the gestural sign demonstrated by examples of Ring gestures -- 2.2.1 A cultural sign -- 2.2.2 A contextual sign -- 2.2.2.1 The kinesic context. -- 2.2.2.2 The verbal context. -- 2.2.3 An analogical sign -- 2.2.4 An isomorphic analogical sign -- 2.3 The symbolic relations between gestures and notions -- 2.3.1 Several gestures represent one notion: Variation -- 2.3.1.1 Gesture variants and cumulative variants. -- 2.3.2 One gesture represents several notions: Polysemy & polysign -- 2.3.2.1 The polysemous gesture. -- 2.3.2.2 The polysign gesture. -- 2.3.2.3 The polysemous polysign gesture. -- 2.4 Interaction between the phenomena of variation and polysemy -- 2.4.1 How to find the analogical link -- 2.4.2 Gestural sequencing -- PART I. The functions of gesture in relation to speech -- Chapter 2. The demarcative function of gesture -- 1. Multimodal communication -- 1.1 Nonverbal aspects of multimodal communication -- 1.2 The multifunctionality of each communication channel -- 2. The demarcative function of gesture in association with the voice -- 2.1 Hierarchic segmentation of discourse -- 2.1.1 Kinesic segmentation of discourse into ideational units -- 2.1.2 Kinesic segmentation of ideational units into rhythmic-semantic groups -- 2.1.3 Kinesic segmentation of rhythmic-semantic groups into words -- 2.2 Recurrence in segmentation of discourse -- 2.2.1 Prosodic recurrence -- 2.2.2 Kinesic recurrence.

2.2.3 Discourse choreography -- 2.2.4 Semantic choreography -- 2.2.5 Segmentation of gestural units related to the referential function -- Chapter 3. Identifying the referential function of gesture -- 1. Some precepts in visual representation -- 1.1 The relation precedes the elements to be related -- 1.1.1 Relation of transfer or of substitution -- 1.1.2 Temporal relation -- 1.1.3 Relation between numbered values -- 1.2 Designation precedes qualification -- 2. The importance of context for identifying the meaning of a gesture -- 2.1 The vocal context -- 2.2 The simultaneous and the successive kinesic contexts -- 3. Example of analysis. -- 4. The representational gesture is not a word illustrator -- PART II. The systematic organization of gestural signs -- Chapter 4. Classification of referential gestures according to their priority components -- 1. The context indicates the relevant body part -- 2. Localization: Body-focused gestures -- 3. Movement: Gestures in space -- 3.1 Form of movement -- 3.1.1 Straight-line gestures and their secondary components -- 3.1.1.1 Directional axes of movement in relation to the planar position and orientation of the body part. -- 3.1.1.2 The body part and the plane in which it is positioned. -- 3.1.1.3 Repeated movement. -- 3.1.1.4 Symmetry. -- 3.1.2 Curved gestures and their secondary components -- 3.1.2.1 Clockwise versus anticlockwise movement. -- 3.2 Direction of movement -- 4. Body part: Gestures in space -- 4.1 Form of the body part: Examples of hand configurations -- 4.2 Direction of the body part: Orientation -- 5. Head gestures -- 5.1 Rotational movement of the head in three planes -- 5.1.1 Movement in the sagittal plane -- 5.1.2 Movement in the horizontal plane. -- 5.1.3 Movement in the frontal plane -- 5.2 A selection of examples: Head tilt -- Chapter 5. Systematic analysis to identify gestural signs.

1. About coding -- 2. Description of the method of analysis -- 2.1 Code gestural components -- 2.1.1 Configuration -- 2.1.2 Configuration and plane -- 2.1.3 Orientation -- 2.1.4 Straight-line movement -- 2.1.5 Laterality/symmetry -- 2.1.6 Localization -- 2.1.7 Eye gaze -- 2.1.8 Example of coding -- 2.2 Extract samples sorted by gestural components -- 2.2.1 Same movement, different gestures: Sample 1 (40-65) -- 2.2.2 Same configuration, different gestures: Sample 2 (53-60, 66-95) -- 2.3 Determine the gestural referent -- 2.3.1 Primary semantic subdivision within Sample 2 -- 2.3.2 Secondary semantic subdivision within Sample 2 -- 2.4 Deduce the potential analogical link(s) between physical and semantic elements -- 2.4.1 Different analogical links in the Frame configuration in Sample 2 -- 2.4.2 The same analogical link in the different gestures in Sample 1 -- 2.4.2.1 Decision -- 2.4.2.2 Categorical character -- 2.5 Validate the analogical link -- PART III. The Symbolic Relations between Gestures and Notions -- Chapter 6. Different gestures represent one notion. Variation -- 1. Gesture variants of time -- 1.1 Localization -- 1.1.1 Localization with respect to the present moment -- 1.1.1.1 Past and Future expressed by a head movement in opposite directions: -- 1.1.1.2 Past and Future expressed by a hand movement in opposite directions: -- 1.1.2 Localization with respect to a given moment -- 1.2 Duration -- 1.2.1 The measurement of time -- 1.2.2 The course of time -- 1.2.2.1 Repetition. -- 1.2.2.2 Regressive unfolding. -- 1.3 Gestural expression of time in different cultures -- 2. Gesture variants obtained by substituting a gestural component -- 2.1 Overview of component substitutions -- 2.2 Stylistic variants -- 2.3 Semantic variants -- 2.3.1 Change of body part -- 2.3.2 Change of movement: from a straight to a curved line.

3. The semantic contribution of the substitute -- 3.1 The specific character of the thumb -- 3.2 Comparative use of the thumb and the index finger -- 3.2.1 Localization -- 3.2.2 (Self-)Designation -- 3.2.3 One: Priority/Uniqueness -- 3.2.4 Stop: request to stop/rectifying objection -- 3.2.5 Contact -- 4. The choice of variant -- 5. Isolating the semantic features of a notion via its gesture variants -- Chapter 7. One gesture represents different notions -- 1. The polysemous gesture and its explanations -- 1.1 An analogical link subject to semantic derivation -- 1.1.1 Example: Palm(s) Forwards signifying (self-protective) opposition -- 1.1.1.1 Confirmation of the analogical link: Gradational opposition. -- 1.1.2 Example: The fist punch signifying aggression -- 1.1.2.1 Confirmation of the analogical link: an underlying aggression in each case. -- 1.1.3 A contradictory semantic derivation: From negative to positive -- 1.1.3.1 Lateral head-shake. -- 1.1.3.2 Palm forwards. -- 1.2 The presence of several analogical links: Plural motivation -- 1.2.1 Example: The transverse movement of the Level Hand -- 2. The polysign gesture -- 2.1 A bireferential gesture -- 2.2 A bireferential gestural component -- 2.3 A multi-referential gesture -- 2.4 The case of the 'complex' gesture -- 3. The polysemy of the polysign gesture -- Chapter 8. The analogical links between gestures and notions -- 1. The semantics of physical refusal -- 1.1 Active refusal -- 1.1.1 Rejecting an object in front of oneself -- 1.1.2 Removing an object from oneself -- 1.2 Passive refusal -- 1.2.1 The reflexes of rejection -- 1.2.1.1 Vomit reflex. -- 1.2.1.2 Expulsion of gas. -- 1.2.2 The reflexes of self-protection -- 1.2.3 The reflex of evasion -- 1.2.4 The reflex of recoiling -- 1.2.5 Weariness -- 1.3 Semantic derivation in the expression of refusal -- 2. Identifying an analogical link.

2.1 Elucidating a polysemy by comparing gesture variants -- 2.1.1 The projection of the fist -- 2.2 The semantic nuancing of a variant due to the gesture's polysemy -- 2.2.1 Concrete designation -- 2.2.2 Restriction -- 2.3 The correspondence between the analogical link and a variant's use: The case of negation -- 3. Analogical links and their symbolic associations -- 3.1 Is the polysemous gesture a polysign? -- 3.1.1 Determining the analogical link for each notion -- 3.1.2 Comparing the other variants that express each notion -- 3.1.2.1 The notion of stop-refusal and all its gestural and semantic variants. -- 3.1.2.2 The notion of cutting and all its gestural and semantic variants. -- 3.1.3 Nuance contributed by the polysemous gesture to each notion -- 3.2 The symbolic mechanism -- 3.2.1 A facial-gestural ensemble contains one or several analogical links -- 3.2.1.1 One link. -- 3.2.1.2 Several links. -- 3.2.2 A gesture contains one or several analogical links -- 3.2.2.1 One link. -- 3.2.2.2 Several links. -- 3.2.3 A gestural component contains one or several analogical links -- 3.2.3.1 One link. -- 3.2.3.2 Several links. -- 3.2.4 Connective interplay between analogical links -- 3.2.4.1 The complex gesture. -- 3.2.5 The polysemous gesture as a polysign -- 3.2.6 The polysemy of the polysign gesture -- PART IV. The gestural sign in utterance -- Chapter 9. The gestural sign and speech -- 1. Relations between gestural and verbal units -- 1.1 Temporal relations between semantic units -- 1.2 Semantic relations between temporal units -- 2. A co-verbal sign -- 2.1 Simultaneous gestural commentary -- 2.1.1 Attitude to the object of the utterance -- 2.1.2 Attitude to the interlocutor -- 2.1.3 Commentary on the object of the utterance -- 2.2 Simultaneous complementary information -- 2.3 Simultaneous pedagogical explanation.

2.4 The simultaneous disambiguation of one sign by the other.