Table 5.
Social contexts of gesture production
| Signal categories | Gesture type | Context | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agonistic | Affiliative | Grooming | Play | Sexual | Unclear | |||
| Visual | Crouch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Head bob | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Head shake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| Lie down wiggling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Make grabbing movement towards* | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Move arm in front* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Present body part | 13 | 1 | 53 | 10 | 38 | 22 | 137 | |
| Roll on ground | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Somersault | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Swing body | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Throw arm towards* | 18 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 34 | |
| Throw body | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Throw hand towards* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Tactile | Embrace | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Grab body part | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Hit/slap body part | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 14 | |
| Put body part on other | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| Audible | Kick object | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Slap object | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Total | 50 | 1 | 53 | 56 | 38 | 45 | 243 | |
Free manual gesture types are indicated with *