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Verbal and nonverbal deixis: the pointed lip gesture among the San Blas Cuna

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Joel Sherzer
Joel Sherzer
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Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas at Austin
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Abstract

The pointed lip gesture is a facial gesture in use among the Cuna Indians of San Blas, Panama. It occurs in various contexts with meanings which at first appear to be unrelated. An analysis of the contexts reveals, however, that the meaning ‘pointing’ is always present and that further meanings are derived from the discourse structures in which the pointed lip gesture is found.

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Language in Society , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , April 1973 , pp. 117 - 131
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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