Gestural Embodiment of Intensifiers in Iconic, Metaphoric, and Beat Gestures

Gestural Embodiment of Intensifiers in Iconic, Metaphoric, and Beat Gestures

This study aimed to examine the gestural embodiment of intensifiers in iconic and metaphoric gestures when these words are used with literal and metaphoric statements. We asked a group of Persian native speakers to listen to and then retell a set of Persian stories. In these stories, a number of int...

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Main Authors: Omid Khatin-Zadeh, Danyal Farsani, Jiehui Hu, Zahra Eskandari, Hassan Banaruee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-02-01
Series:Behavioral Sciences
Subjects:
embodiment
intensifier
iconic gesture
literal sentence
metaphoric gesture
metaphoric sentence
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/13/2/174

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