Editorial published In: Recurrent Gestures
Edited by Simon Harrison, Silva H. Ladewig and Jana Bressem
[Gesture 20:2] 2021
► pp. 143–152
editorial
The diversity of recurrency
A special issue on recurrent gestures
This article is available free of charge.
Published online: 30 May 2022
https://doi.org/10.1075/gest.21018.edi
https://doi.org/10.1075/gest.21018.edi
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