103: A hand-y guide to gesture

Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics by Lingthusiasm

Apr 18, 202500:48:02Society & Culture

Gestures: every known language has them, and there's a growing body of research on how they fit into communication. But academic literature can be hard to dig into on your own. So Lauren has spent the past 5 years diving...

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