Geneviève Calbris
List of John Benjamins publications in which Geneviève Calbris is involved.
Journal
ISSN 1879-7865 | E‑ISSN 1879‑7873
Title
Elements of Meaning in Gesture
Geneviève Calbris
Summarizing her pioneering work on the semiotic analysis of gestures in conversational settings, Geneviève Calbris offers a comprehensive account of her unique perspective on the relationship between gesture, speech, and thought. She highlights the various functions of gesture and especially shows… read more[Gesture Studies, 5] 2011. xx, 378 pp.
Articles
2008 From left to right...: Coverbal gestures and their symbolic use of space Metaphor and Gesture, Cienki, Alan and Cornelia Müller (eds.), pp. 27–53 | Article
This study overlaps with Johnson’s (1987) ideas about the image schemas underlying thought, but rather than grasping them through the deductive analysis of verbal metaphors, they are approached here through the analysis of the symbolic components of gestures which, accompanying speech, refer to… read more
2003 From cutting an object to a clear cut analysis: Gesture as the representation of a preconceptual schema linking concrete actions to abstract notions Gesture 3:1, pp. 19–46 | Article
The representation of the concrete world is an abstraction. The elements that are physically pertinent to reality are synthesized in a gestural, schematic and ergonomic representation. Although schematic, this representation is nuanced: the gestural variants are numerous in order to account for… read more