title: Contributions of Sign Language Research to Gesture Understanding: What can Multimodal Computational Systems Learn from Sign Language Research.
abstract: This paper considers neurological, formational and functional similarities between gestures and signed verb predicates. From analysis of verb sign movement, we offer suggestions for analyzing gestural movement (motion capture, kinematic analysis, trajectory internal structure). From analysis of verb sign distinctions, we offer suggestions for analyzing co-speech gesture functions.
authors.affiliation: Linguistics Program, Purdue University, 500 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA,  wilbur@purdue.edu.
authors.forename: Ronnie B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Wilbur
authors.forename: Evguenia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Malaia