The italian Gestionary is presented, a Dictionary of the Symbolic gestures used by the Hearings in Italy. The paper shows how the lexical items are represented in a logical format, and how this can provide a form to represent the ambiguity of gestures. The notion of gesture ambiguity is defined and different types of ambiguity are discussed; their relation to context, and the way in which context allows dis-ambiguation, is illustrated with example taken from Italian symbolic Gestures.
Poggi, I. (2004). The Italian Gestionary. Meaning representation, ambiguity, and context. In The semantics and pragmatics of everyday gestures (pp.73-88). Berlin : Weidler.
The Italian Gestionary. Meaning representation, ambiguity, and context
POGGI, Isabella
2004-01-01
Abstract
The italian Gestionary is presented, a Dictionary of the Symbolic gestures used by the Hearings in Italy. The paper shows how the lexical items are represented in a logical format, and how this can provide a form to represent the ambiguity of gestures. The notion of gesture ambiguity is defined and different types of ambiguity are discussed; their relation to context, and the way in which context allows dis-ambiguation, is illustrated with example taken from Italian symbolic Gestures.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
