Recurrent gestures of Hausa speakers:

"Is the relation between gestures and language conventionalized? Is it possible to investigate the backgrounds of the users by means of these gestures? This book offers an in-depth analysis and description of five recurrent gestures used by Hausa speakers from northern Nigeria, examined from a...

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Main Author: Will, Izabela (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston Brill [2022]
Series:Brill's studies in language, cognition and culture volume 30
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Online Access:BSB01
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Summary:"Is the relation between gestures and language conventionalized? Is it possible to investigate the backgrounds of the users by means of these gestures? This book offers an in-depth analysis and description of five recurrent gestures used by Hausa speakers from northern Nigeria, examined from a cross-cultural perspective. The method based on studying naturalistic data available online (sermons, interviews and talk shows) can be applied to other languages with no speech corpora. Particular attention is paid to cultural practices and routinized behavior that affect both the performance of a gesture and its meaning and function. Everyday activities, such as greetings and religious rituals, as well as social hierarchy and gender differences are reflected in gestures. The results show that gestures and language reveal the shared cultural background of the speakers and reflect identical cognitive processes"--
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 297 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9789004449794
DOI:10.1163/9789004449794