Tables
1.1Position of emblems in four continua, according to McNeill (2000, pp. 2–5)
1.2Basic and additional optional features to characterize emblematic gestures as a prototypical (physical/morphological) and a pragmatic category
4.2Forms of deictic space: mode of creation and temporal structure (Fricke, 2007, p. 272)
9.1Classification of gestures according to pertinent physical criteria
9.2Overview of substitutions between the head, hand, index finger, and thumb
9.5Relation between the gestural anticipation of speech and the type of mental imagery
9.6Interplay of tension–relaxation between gestural and verbal information
9.7Physical motivation of notions spatialized on the left and on the right
10.1Summary of deictic forms and functions for the head and hand (adapted from Grishina, 2017, p. 169, Table 4.23)
11.1Summary table of the four rules that affect movement of the upper limb segments
12.1Some open resources for motion tracking and gesture research
14.2Example 2. Video 2. Ellie one year and two months. Between action and gesture: headshakes
14.3Example 3. Video 3. Ellie, one year and six months. Refusal
14.4Example 4. Video 4. Ellie one year and 11 months. Echoing speech with gesture
14.5Example 5. Video 5. Ellie one year and nine months. Pointing + adjective
14.6Example 6. Video 6. Ellie, four years and two months. Big. Ellie is co-narrating for her grandmother, with her mother’s help, her visit to a zoo
17.1Widespread observations of gestures associated with negation, classified by language family
18.2Catchment themes of the “it down” growth point (from McNeill, 2012)
20.1Comparison of gesture coding systems employed in neuropsychological research
22.1Two levels of gesture functions, corresponding to Clark’s (1996) Track 1 and Track 2
