Emblem Gestures
(noun)
They vary by cultural space so widely that a common gesture in one context is offensive in another.
Examples of Emblem Gestures in the following topics:
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Nonverbal Communication
- This type of communication includes gestures, touch, body language, posture, facial expressions, and eye contact.
- Gestures are movements with one's hands, arms, or face that communicate a particular message.
- The most common gestures are emblem gestures or quotable gestures that are learned within a particular cultural to communicate a particular message.
- For example, in the Western world, waving one's hand back and forth communicates "hello" or "goodbye. " Emblem gestures can vary by cultural space so widely that a common gesture in one context is offensive in another.
- Facial gestures, or facial expressions, are a particularly communicative form of gesture.
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Gestures
- Gestures are culturally specific.
- In China, however, the gesture is made differently.
- The most familiar categories of gestures are the so-called emblems or quotable gestures.
- These gestures are closely coordinated with speech.
- Gesturing is probably universal; there have been no reports of communities that do not gesture.
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Movement and Gesture
- A gesture is a form of non-verbal communication in which visible bodily actions communicate particular messages such as the open gesture of Desmond Tutu .
- Gestures may be made with almost any movable part of the body.
- Speech-related gestures are used in parallel with verbal speech.
- The gesture is subordinate to the message.
- If you are troubled by your gestures, or a lack of gestures, attend to the cause, not the effect.
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Symmetry and Centricity
- Vl.) plays a gesture comprising two descending pitch intervals: -5 followed by -1.
- Below the example, I've diagrammed the gestures in pitch space.
- And you can that when combined the two gestures create a symmetrical arch.
- Below, you'll see the same gesture in the lower strings.
- As above the lower strings have an ascending gesture that mirrors the descending gesture in the upper strings.
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Inversion
- Just as was the case in the [transpositionally-related passages][2], these two gestures have the same intervallic content—and so, our ears recognize them as very similar.
- (Debussy underscores that similarity by giving both of the gestures the same rhythmic setting.)
- Unlike transposition, however, the interval content of these two gestures is not arranged in the same way.
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The Drawing Process
- A gesture drawing is a work of art defined by rapid execution.
- Gesture drawing is often performed as a warm-up for a life drawing session.
- The primary purpose of gesture drawing is to facilitate the study of the human figure in motion.
- Gesture drawings may take as long as two minutes, or as short as five seconds, depending on what the focus of the exercise is.
- For some artists, a gesture drawing is the first step in preparing a more sustained work.
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Defining a Successful Delivery
- Gestures--You are not an actor who takes on or plays a role, but rather, one who enlarges the gestures so that everyone can see.
- A gesture is a form of non-verbal communication in which visible bodily actions communicate particular messages, either in place of speech or together with and in parallel to words.
- Gestures include movement of the hands, face, or other parts of the body.
- As a conversational speaker you do not want to use planned or fixed gestures for dramatic effect.
- Additionally, you want to avoid any gestures that, out of nervousness or habit, might distract the audience from the message.
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Learning to Communicate Nonverbally
- Messages can be communicated through gestures and touch, by body language or posture, or by facial expression and eye contact.
- Body language contains numerous elements, including physical features (both changeable and unchangeable); gestures and signals (both conscious and unconscious); and spatial relations.
- While listening, try to observe the speaker's posture, clothing, gestures, and eye contact.
- Gestures may be made with the hands, arms, or body and also include movements of the head, face, and eyes, such as winking, nodding, or eye-rolling.
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Using Transitions
- 55% Body language—posture, position, eye contact, facial expression, head and body movements, gestures, touch, etc.
- You can probably think of many good speakers who have used a finger wag or other hand gesture to emphasize a point.
- An animated speaker who punctuates every expression with hand or arm gestures can create a diversion or distraction.
- To emphasize this point, you might say, "However, we must be careful to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past. " As you say this you may use a hand gesture such as the finger wag or the open palmed gesture.
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Jain Illustrated Manuscripts
- Each of the 24 Tirthankara is associated with distinctive emblems, which are listed in such texts as Tiloyapannati, Kahavaali, and Pravacanasaarodhara.