
Gestures w/ Susan Goldin-Meadow
Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria
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The Difference Between Gestures and Emblems
I don't like the word simplistic because I think it is almost pejorative or minimizing. Because sometimes the most simplistic ways that we communicate are actually the most effective. Right. The least jargon and the more straightforward so that people can understand them. Okay. So tell me how we understand the difference between gestures and emblems. And it's a type of gesture that's conventional and they differ across the globe. In the United States you stick your thumb up and that's good. If you stick your pinky up, that's nothing. You know it doesn't tell us anything. But in Taiwan sticking your fat thumb up is good but sticking your Pinky up is bad. They're
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