NOTATION

The utterances corresponding to observed examples of coverbal gesturing are given in italics. An asterisk marks the position of the gesture in the utterance. There are several variants; * (simple gesture), ** (symmetric), *^a (in a sagittal plane), *^b (in a frontal plane), *^r (repeated). Where helpful, the code follows the description of the gesture. The English translations preserve the order of the phrases and in particular the placement of the gesture in the logical structure of the utterance. Figurative expressions and colloquialisms in English are placed in quotation marks. Whenever there exists no English figurative expression literally equivalent to the original French, the latter is given in italics, and a translation is proposed in parentheses.

Abbreviations

coll. colloquial

F full signifier

FE facial expression

Fr. French

G gesture

G. Greek

L. Latin

L.L. Low or Late Latin

lit. literally

O. Fr. Old French

p partial signifier

PS gesture a possible speech substitute

Sd signified

Sr signifier

Sy gesture potentially symmetric