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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cognition. 2015 Dec 18;148:10–18. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2015.12.001

Mean distribution of motion elements by semantic packaging and semantic ordering for each scene in co-speech gesture by language

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SEP CONF SEP CONF F-M-G F-G-M F-M-G F-G-M
Motion to landmark
Run into house 0.85 0.30 1.45 0.15 0.10 0.15 0. 0 0.10
Crawl into house 0.50 0.90 0.70 0.45 0. 0 0.10 0.10 0.20
Climb into house 0.65 0.55 0.85 0.40 0.20 0.0 0.0 0.35
Walk towards crib 0.50 0.30 0.75 0.40 0.05 0.05 0.10 0.05
Mean TO 2.50 (1.70) 2.05 (1.57) 3.75 (1.62) 1.40 (1.43) 0.35 (0.44) 0.30 (0.57) 0.20 (1.18) 0.70 (0.31)
Motion over landmark
Crawl over carpet 0.60 0.75 1.15 0.45 0.10 0.25 0.05 0.25
Jump over hurdle 1.05 0.95 1.10 0.30 0.05 0.25 0.00 0.30
Flip over beam 0.80 0.80 1.0 0.60 0.05 0.0 0.05 0.45
Crawl along tracks 0.60 0.65 0.75 0.20 0.05 0.20 0.00 0.45
Mean OVER 3.05 (3.22) 3.15 (2.50) 4.0 (1.89) 1.55 (1.96) 0.25 (0.95) 0.70 (0.52) 0.10 (1.34) 1.45 (0.31)
Motion from landmark
Roll out tunnel 0.85 0.65 0.95 0.40 0.05 0.15 0.0 0.50
Run out house 0.70 0.30 1.10 0.35 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.40
Crawl out house 0.55 0.45 0.95 0.30 0.05 0.10 0.0 0.45
Run away from motorcycle 0.65 0.50 1.15 0.25 0.10 0.30 0.0 0.35
Mean FROM 2.75 (1.86) 1.90 (1.71) 4.15 (2.23) 1.30 (1.63) 0.20 (0.44) 0.55 (0.45) 0.0 (1.42) 1.70 (0.0)

SEP: separated, CON: conflated, F-G-M: Figure-Ground-Motion, F-M-G: Figure-Motion-Ground; standard deviations for mean path types are indicated in parentheses.