Geoffrey Beattie
List of John Benjamins publications in which Geoffrey Beattie is involved.
2007 17 The Role of Iconic Gesture in Semantic Communication and its Theoretical and Practical Implications Gesture and the Dynamic Dimension of Language: Essays in honor of David McNeill, Duncan, Susan D., Justine Cassell and Elena T. Levy (eds.), pp. 221–241 | Chapter
2006 When size really matters: How a single semantic feature is represented in the speech and gesture modalities Gesture 6:1, pp. 63–84 | Article
Although some studies have demonstrated that imagistic gestures do communicate significant amounts of information none have attempted to analyze the significance of that information for the linguistic account within which it is embedded. This study focuses on the semantic dimension size and in a… read more
2003 Pragmatic aspects of representational gestures: Do speakers use them to clarify verbal ambiguity for the listener? Gesture 3:2, pp. 127–154 | Article
Two studies are reported that investigate how speakers use gesture in association with verbal ambiguity in two communicational situations characteristic of everyday talk. The first study uses a design that mimics a speaker’s self-repair initiated by the listener, while the second study involves… read more
2002 An experimental investigation of the role of different types of iconic gesture in communication: A semantic feature approach Gesture 1:2, pp. 129–149 | Article
Respondents, who had either seen or not seen a sample of the iconic gestures that encoders produce when narrating a story, answered questions about the original story and it was found that the overall accuracy score for respondents who saw the iconic gestures in addition to hearing the speech was… read more