Matching Pairs language and literatureOnline version Culture and literature by Naiie Darling 1 The gestures often serve us to regulate the conversations and the dialogues begin to establish the speaking turns to finalize them. 2 A linguistic statement is accompanied by a gesture that has the same meaning and therefore reinforces it: head movements 3 Sometimes what we say and what we show with the gestures is opposite in these cases our body language contradicts and weakens our words 4 A gesture can have the same meaning as a linguistic statement and therefore may appear in its place: gestures of ven, done with the index finger 5 The gestures help us and show what is difficult to explain with words also allow us to correct or redirect our words if the interlocutor does not understand them.
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