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Metaphoric Gestures

Metaphoric Gestures is a category of representational gestures that symbolically convey abstract ideas or concepts through physical movements which map onto underlying cognitive metaphors, distinguishing them from iconic, deictic, or beat gestures within the taxonomy of co-speech gestures.

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2017–2026

35

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101

With the Future Behind Them: Convergent Evidence From Aymara Language and Gesture in the Crosslinguistic Comparison of Spatial Construals of Time

Rafael Núñez, Eve Sweetser · Cognitive Science · 2006 · 1.1K citations

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Embodiment in Mathematics Teaching and Learning: Evidence From Learners' and Teachers' Gestures

Martha W. Alibali, Mitchell J. Nathan · Journal of the Learning Sciences · 2011 · 668 citations

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Discourse and cognition : bridging the gap

Jean-Pierre Koenig, Discourse Conceptual Structure · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1998 · 396 citations

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Neural interaction of speech and gesture: Differential activations of metaphoric co-verbal gestures

Tilo Kircher, Benjamin Straube, Dirk Leube et al. · Neuropsychologia · 2008 · 120 citations

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Exploring 3d gesture metaphors for interaction with unmanned aerial vehicles

Kevin Pfeil, Seng Lee Koh, Joseph J. LaViola · 2013 · 117 citations · Full text

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Authors

198

  1. BS
    Benjamin Straube

    Philipps University of Marburg, Germany

    8 publications · 524 citations

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  2. AC
    Alan Cienki

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

    6 publications · 324 citations

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  3. TK
    Tilo Kircher

    Philipps University of Marburg, Germany

    6 publications · 488 citations

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  4. DF
    Danyal Farsani

    University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China

    5 publications · 95 citations

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  5. OK
    Omid Khatin‐Zadeh

    University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China

    5 publications · 101 citations

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Institutions

118

  1. Philipps University of Marburg

    Marburg, Germany

    6 h-index

    17 publications

    945 citations

  2. University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

    Chengdu, China

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    141 citations

  3. RWTH Aachen University

    Aachen, Germany

    4 h-index

    14 publications

    1.5K citations

  4. Finis Terrae University

    Santiago, Chile

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    73 citations

  5. University of South Australia

    Adelaide, Australia

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    84 citations

  6. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    303 citations

  7. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    Trondheim, Norway

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    66 citations

  8. University of Birmingham

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    222 citations

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Venues

  1. Metaphor and Symbol

    4 publications · 289 citations

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  2. Cognitive Linguistics

    4 publications · 252 citations

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  3. Frontiers in Psychology

    4 publications · 83 citations

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  4. Cognitive Science

    3 publications · 1.3K citations

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  5. Metaphor and the Social World

    3 publications · 136 citations

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