Gestures, Their Origins and DistributionExamining the gesture repertoire found in twenty-five countries, this study of conscious body language interprets the actions, postures, movements, and expressions of people engaged in conversation. |
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The Fingers Cross | 16 |
25 | 41 |
The horizontal hornsign on a wallpainting at Pompeii | 137 |
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40 locations action alert ancient beckon Belgium cheek screw cheek stroke chin flick Common Relatively Rare cuckold distribution dominant ear touch Eire Norway Sweden Europe explanation EYELID PULL fingers gesture fingertips kiss Florence forearm jerk forefinger France France W Germany Austria gesture map Greece Turkey Greek hand purse Harvey Smith head shake head toss Hickstead informants at 40 insult-V interpretation Ireland Eire Norway Italian Italy KEY Relatively Common Magna Graecia Malta Tunisia Yugoslavia Naples northern Norway Sweden Denmark nose tap nose thumb obscene V-sign original palm-back V-sign particular gesture phallic phrase popular praise protective Reggio region Relatively Common Relatively Relatively Rare Absent ring gesture role Rome Sardinia Malta Tunisia saying Scotland Wales England sexual insult Sicily Sicily W signal simple Spain Canaries Portugal Sweden Denmark Holland symbolic gestures Taranto teeth flick Tunisia Yugoslavia Corfu Turin usage V-sign variant Yugoslavia Corfu N zone