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. |
Contents
The Hand Purse | 43 |
The Vertical Hornsign | 119 |
The Fig | 147 |
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40 locations action alert ancient beckon become Belgium cent cheek screw cheek stroke chin flick Common Relatively Rare cuckold Denmark Holland N ear touch Eire Norway Sweden Europe explanation eyelid pull fingers gesture fingertips kiss Florence forearm jerk forefinger France France W French Germany Austria Germany Austria N gesture map Greece Turkey Greek hand purse Harvey Smith head toss informants at 40 interpretation Ireland Eire Norway Italian Italy KEY Relatively Common Malta Tunisia Yugoslavia Naples Norway Sweden Denmark nose tap nose thumb original palm-back V-sign particular gesture phallic phrase popular praise protective Rare O Absent Reggio region Relatively Common Relatively ring gesture role Rome Sardinia Malta Tunisia saying Scotland Wales England sexual insult Sicily Sicily N signal someone Spain Canaries Portugal Sweden Denmark Holland symbolic gesture Taranto teeth flick Tunisia Yugoslavia Corfu Turin usage V-sign variant vertical horn-sign words Yugoslavia Corfu N zero