Comments on: We don’t need no gestures http://noncompositional.com/2007/09/we-dont-need-no-gestures/ Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:04:39 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Russell http://noncompositional.com/2007/09/we-dont-need-no-gestures/comment-page-1/#comment-24221 Russell Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:12:54 +0000 http://noncompositional.com/2007/09/we-dont-need-no-gestures/#comment-24221 <p>Hmm, nice pickup on the "intimate" one being a metaphorical gesture.</p> <p>I would guess that you need the special prosody to have the expression make any sense. That's why I noticed in class - the professor didn't, to me, seem to use any special prosody or have any visible gesture. Which is not to say it wasn't there.</p> Hmm, nice pickup on the “intimate” one being a metaphorical gesture.

I would guess that you need the special prosody to have the expression make any sense. That’s why I noticed in class – the professor didn’t, to me, seem to use any special prosody or have any visible gesture. Which is not to say it wasn’t there.

]]> By: The Ridger http://noncompositional.com/2007/09/we-dont-need-no-gestures/comment-page-1/#comment-24194 The Ridger Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:54:56 +0000 http://noncompositional.com/2007/09/we-dont-need-no-gestures/#comment-24194 <p>Huh. In both cases the "that" is a gesture. In fact, in something like "I did it like that" accompanying a demonstration of how you broke the machine (or whatever). The deictic nature of "that" almost requires it. In "they're like that" the gesture is a metaphor. In "you can do it (just) like that" the gesture, another metaphor, is now unnecessary ... but I think there's always a special prosody to the statement, isn't there?</p> Huh. In both cases the “that” is a gesture. In fact, in something like “I did it like that” accompanying a demonstration of how you broke the machine (or whatever). The deictic nature of “that” almost requires it. In “they’re like that” the gesture is a metaphor. In “you can do it (just) like that” the gesture, another metaphor, is now unnecessary … but I think there’s always a special prosody to the statement, isn’t there?

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