Blind speakers gesture like their sighted counterparts: study (2016)

Post by ardit33 » Thu, Jul 16, 2020, 3:09 AM UTC

NoodleIncident wrote: post #19

ardit33 wrote: post #4

1. We are born with the ability to gesture, and not something that is learned directly. So it is a in-born trait. You get the ability of speech, and gesturing tags along. (but most likely, evolutionary speaking, gesturing came first). 2. Gesturing is linked to speech/language. Different languages will have different gestures, not because they learned them, but by the grammatical structure/intonation of the language.…

I wonder what it is about Italian that leads to the stereotype, then?

Post by 082349872349872 » Thu, Jul 16, 2020, 5:52 AM UTC

NoodleIncident wrote: post #19

ardit33 wrote: post #4

1. We are born with the ability to gesture, and not something that is learned directly. So it is a in-born trait. You get the ability of speech, and gesturing tags along. (but most likely, evolutionary speaking, gesturing came first). 2. Gesturing is linked to speech/language. Different languages will have different gestures, not because they learned them, but by the grammatical structure/intonation of the language.…

I wonder what it is about Italian that leads to the stereotype, then?

Post by coryrc » Thu, Jul 16, 2020, 7:08 AM UTC

082349872349872 wrote: post #24

bryanrasmussen wrote: post #15

It would be interesting to know if there is any difference in the types of gestures employed https://2012books.lardbucket.org/books/a-primer-on-communica... http://changingminds.org/explanations/behaviors/body_languag... I tend to use metaphoric gestures a lot by splitting complicated subjects up into groups, and then using gestures to illustrate the group I am discussing at the moment.

I've read that in ASL, one may establish a "pronoun" by signing in a location, and then using that location as an endpoint for further signs. Is this true?

Post by QuesnayJr » Thu, Jul 16, 2020, 7:44 AM UTC

NoodleIncident wrote: post #19

ardit33 wrote: post #4

1. We are born with the ability to gesture, and not something that is learned directly. So it is a in-born trait. You get the ability of speech, and gesturing tags along. (but most likely, evolutionary speaking, gesturing came first). 2. Gesturing is linked to speech/language. Different languages will have different gestures, not because they learned them, but by the grammatical structure/intonation of the language.…

I wonder what it is about Italian that leads to the stereotype, then?

Post by ChrisRR » Thu, Jul 16, 2020, 9:58 AM UTC

keanebean86 wrote: post #5

jrockway wrote: post #2

I went to high school in Japan for a year. Something that tripped me up for a while is the gesture for "come here". It's equivalent to the English gesture for "go away". (Try gesturing "go away" like you're shooing a bug away and "come here" like you want to tell someone a secret. Your hand flips 180 degrees, but it's basically the same gesture.)

My Indian coworkers shake their head side to side for yes and no. When I first starting working with them I was always a little mad that they never agreed with me until I realized what was going on. You can tell if it's yes or no depending on speed but thanks to covid WFH for months I've forgotten which is which. Going back to the office is going to be an adjustment.