Gestures are a form on nonverbal communication in which visible bodily actions are used to communicate particular messages, either in place of speech or together and in parallel with spoken words.[1] Gestures include movement of the hands, face, or other parts of the body. Gestures differ from physical non-verbal communication that does not communicate specific messages, such as purely expressive displays, proxemics, or displays of joint attention.[1] These gestures are culture-specific, and can have very different meanings in different social or cultural settings.[2] See the individual pages listed here for details about geographic and cultural settings.
This is a list of links to Wikipedia pages that discuss particular gestures.
Single hand gestures
Two-hand gestures
Gestures made with other body parts
References
- ^ a b Kendon, Adam. (2004) Gesture: Visible Action as Utterance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-83525-9
- ^ Morris, Desmond, Collett, Peter, Marsh, Peter, O'Shaughnessy, Marie. (1979) Gestures, their origins and distribution. London: Cape. ISBN 0224015702
See also
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