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Why would the discovery of gestures produced by signers jeopardize the experimental finding of gesture-speech mismatch?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2017

Timothy Koschmann
Timothy Koschmann*
Affiliation:
Southern Illinois University, Department of Medical Education, Springfield, IL 62794-9681. [email protected]://siumed.academia.edu/tdk
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Abstract

Mismatch occurs when there is a discrepancy between produced gestures and co-occurring speech. In this commentary, I explore why research on mismatch might be called into question by changing views of what constitutes a gesture. I argue that the experimental procedure for producing mismatch, through its coding methods, is blind to the tight temporal coordination of gesture and affiliated talk.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e60
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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