What do gestures in subordination tell us about clause (in)dependence?

Manon Lelandais (1) , Gaëlle Ferré (1)

1 LLING - Laboratoire de Linguistique de Nantes

Subordinate constructions have been described in syntax as dependent constructions elaborating on primary elements of discourse. Although their verbal and vocal characteristics have been deeply analysed, few studies have provided a qualified picture of the gestures that accompany them and how these gestures can shed light on their dependence or autonomy. We propose to partly fill this gap with the analysis of co-speech gestures produced with two types of subordinate structures in conversational British English.

Domaines: Linguistique

Manon Lelandais, Gaëlle Ferré. What do gestures in subordination tell us about clause (in)dependence?. GESPIN2017- Gesture and Speech in Interaction, Aug 2017, Poznań, Poland. ⟨hal-02117490⟩