GESPIN – GESTURE & SPEECH IN INTERACTION – Poznań, 24-26 September 2009
Why do people sometimes move their hands about when they talk? Adam Kendon University of Pensylvania adamk@dca.net
Abstract Movements of the hands, usually recognizable as having 'semantic intent', are often observed in speakers. A variety of functional explanations have been offered to account for this, but here we explore some suggestions for an explanation in evolutionary terms.