Table 3.
Gesture annotation | Abbreviation |
---|---|
Forms | |
Iconic | i |
Metaphoric | meta |
Deictic | dei |
Emblem | em |
Beats | be |
Non-identifiable | non |
Functions | |
Providing additional information | pro |
Enhancing language content | en |
Alternate means of communication | alt |
Guiding speech flow | gui |
Reinforcing prosody of speech | rein |
Assisting lexical retrieval | lex |
Assisting sentence reconstruction | sent |
No specific function | no |