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In the presented material, the main kinds of gestures are deictic gestures as
well as gestures with beat and proxemic functions. The first kind of gesture can
initially be seen when the man points in the direction of the child's room and
thus wants to draw the woman's attention to it, or when the woman wants to
draw the man's attention to the topic of food. Thus deictic gestures can be seen
as speech-accompanying gestures as they convey meaning which is the subject
of the discourse. They underline what has been said (illustrators) and divide bits
of information. Deictic gestures can be observed in the following sections of the
recording:
A-Andreas
00:00:13.766
das KINDERzimmer (
)
A-Andreas_Translation
about the child's room
A-Andreas
00:00:14.763
hast du mal auf die größe
gesehen?
A-Andreas_Translation
haven't you noticed how big it is?
A-Andreas
00:00:16.360
hast die menge an spielzeug äh
(.) gesehen alles?
A-Andreas_Translation
or how many umm toys there are?
B-Andrea
00:00:18.554
du (.) [aber könnt mir auch] den
B-Andrea_Translation
but let me
A-Andreas
00:00:24.426
das KINDERzimmer IST sauber
A-Andreas_Translation
the child's room is clean!
Beats are gestures typical of excited speech. They are produced with beat-like
movements with the hand, or by nodding or shaking the head. This can be seen in
the following parts of the film:
A-Andreas
00:00:19.317
<<
ff
>
ha:lt
"
sto:pp
# >
A-Andreas_Translation
keep quiet or
:::
A-Andreas
00:00:20.450
[
<<
ff
>
jetzt re:icht es
>
]
A-Andreas_Translation
I've had enough!
B-Andrea
00:00:20.450
[
<<
h
>
ha:llo
>
]
B-Andrea_Translation
hey!
B-Andrea
00:00:21.647
<<
h
>
ha:llo
>
B-Andrea_Translation
hey!
B-Andrea
00:00:22.106
[bleib]
B-Andrea_Translation
calm
:::
A-Andreas
00:00:22.106
[
<<
ff
>
ne:in
" >
]
A-Andreas_Translation
no!
A-Andreas
00:00:22.996
<<
ff
>
ne:in
" >
A-Andreas_Translation
no!
A-Andreas
00:00:23.386
<<
f
>
jetzt red ICH
# >
A-Andreas_Translation
I'm talking now!
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