APS
APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020
Do Gestures Facilitate Speech Production?
- Yağmur Deniz Kısa
The University of Chicago - Susan Goldin-Meadow
University of Chicago - Daniel Casasanto
The University of Chicago - Daniel Casasanto
Cornell University
Abstract
Why do people gesture when they speak? On one proposal, gestures serve a speaker-internal cognitive function by facilitating spatial speech production. Do gestures also facilitate speech about abstract concepts that are metaphorically spatialized? Our large dataset shows no evidence that gestures facilitate speech production with spatial content, literal or metaphorical.
Language/Speech
