Speech-gesture mismatches: Evidence for one underlying representation of linguistic and nonlinguistic information

摘要: Adults and children spontaneously produce gestures while they speak, such appear to support expand on the information communicated by verbal channel. Little research, however, has been carried out examine role played gesture in listener's representation of accumulating information? Do listeners attend that accompany narrative speech? In what kinds relationships between speech do gestural channel? If received gesture, how is this represented—is it 'tagged' as originating article research described addresses these questions. Results show conveyed when supplements or even contradicts speech. And via available for retelling These results are taken demonstrate not listener be epiphenomenal act speaking, a simple manual translation But also suggest discourse may represented manner neither nor language, although accessible both channels.