A multimodal approach to polysemy: the senses of touch
This study investigated whether speakers use multimodal information (speech and gesture) to differentiate the physical and emotional meanings of the polysemous verb touch. We analyzed 302 hand gestures that co-occurred with this perception verb. For each case, we annotated (1) the meaning of touch (...
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Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
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Series: | Language and Cognition |
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Online Access: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1866980824000231/type/journal_article |