The semantics and pragmatics of everyday gestures

This collection explores the intricate relationship between gestures and communication through various empirical investigations and theoretical discussions. Massimo Serenari delves into the structure of dictionary entries for gestures, while Reinhard Krüger examines the etymology of the gesture "fare le corna" in relation to literary works. Grigorii E. Kreidlin focuses on Russian gestures and their phraseological implications, and Isabella Poggi discusses the complexities of meaning representation in Italian gestures. Pio Enrico Ricci Bitti and Silvana Contento analyze symbolic gestures in communication, while Lluis Payrató highlights the pragmatic and social dimensions of everyday gestures. Peter Collett addresses methodological challenges in gesture studies. The documentation of gesture uses is further explored by Penny Boyes Bräm and Thüring Bräm, who investigate expressive gestures in orchestral conducting. Geneviève Calbris discusses representative deixis, and David McNeill, Karl-Erik McCullough, and Susan D. Duncan present findings on ontogenetic universals. Adam Kendon contrasts gesticulation between Neapolitan and British speakers, while Monica Rector and Salvato Trigo examine Portuguese communication across continents. Mandana Seyfeddinipur analyzes meta-discursive gestures in Iran, Ragnhild Neumann discusses the conventionalization of the Ring Gesture in German discourse, and Christine Kühn explores gestures as medi