Are beats gestures unrelated to meaning of verbal production? Comment on Mizuguchi's view.
In a recent note, Mizuguchi (2006) stated that beats are not directly related to the meaning of the production of speech. We report a number of studies that suggest the existence of a clear relationship between beats and significant parts of co-occurring speech.
Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Sezione di Fisiologia Umana, Via Costantinopoli, 16, 80138, Napoli, Italy. sergio.chieffi@unina2.it
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D001288:Attention; D005868:Gestures; D006801:Humans; D033262:Narration; D014705:Verbal Behavior