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120: Gesture! ✨👐✨ (with Lauren Gawne)
Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.
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Gesture is everywhere. We wave our hands when we talk, even if we're alone. Signed languages are, of course, full languages that use gesture. And it could even be argued that emoji are the online equivalent of gesture. It's inescapable. And why would we want to do without it, when it's so useful? So we're talking about gesture and language with Dr Lauren Gawne, author of Gesture: A Slim Guide.
Our chat with Lauren is available on video, so you can see all the gestures! Link: https://youtu.be/kHPgyXhl8Kk
Timestamps
- Intros: 0:19
- News: 7:42
- Related or Not: 23:20
- Interview with Lauren Gawne: 44:10
- Words of the Week: 1:32:53
- The Reads: 1:48:10
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