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undergraduate thesis: A systematic quantification of gesture employment in normal Cantonese speakers : a multi-directional analysis of forms and functions
Title | A systematic quantification of gesture employment in normal Cantonese speakers : a multi-directional analysis of forms and functions |
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Issue Date | 2012 |
Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
Citation | Kwan, C. [關靜然]. (2012). A systematic quantification of gesture employment in normal Cantonese speakers : a multi-directional analysis of forms and functions. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. |
Abstract | This study describes the use of a gesture classification framework that can independently code and quantify forms and functions of non-verbal behaviors employed during spontaneous speech tasks. Normative data from the AphasiaBank Project, including sequential description, story-telling and monologue of one hundred and nineteen native Cantonese speakers, was used for analysis. Gestures employed during the linguistic tasks were annotated for its form and functions separately. Results revealed that one-third of the normal speakers did not gesture throughout the tasks and 84% of the gestures were coded as non-specific in nature. For the remaining content-carrying gestures, they mainly functioned as assisting listeners to decode speech content. Lexical diversity, age and nature of language tasks were related to frequency of gestural production. It is hoped that by examining the use of gesture among normal speakers, better understanding on cognitive, linguistic and interactive process of human communication will be achieved. |
Degree | Bachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences |
Subject | Gesture |
Dept/Program | Speech and Hearing Sciences |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/237905 |
HKU Library Item ID | b5805910 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Kwan, Ching-yin | - |
dc.contributor.author | 關靜然 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-26T04:56:43Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-26T04:56:43Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Kwan, C. [關靜然]. (2012). A systematic quantification of gesture employment in normal Cantonese speakers : a multi-directional analysis of forms and functions. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/237905 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This study describes the use of a gesture classification framework that can independently code and quantify forms and functions of non-verbal behaviors employed during spontaneous speech tasks. Normative data from the AphasiaBank Project, including sequential description, story-telling and monologue of one hundred and nineteen native Cantonese speakers, was used for analysis. Gestures employed during the linguistic tasks were annotated for its form and functions separately. Results revealed that one-third of the normal speakers did not gesture throughout the tasks and 84% of the gestures were coded as non-specific in nature. For the remaining content-carrying gestures, they mainly functioned as assisting listeners to decode speech content. Lexical diversity, age and nature of language tasks were related to frequency of gestural production. It is hoped that by examining the use of gesture among normal speakers, better understanding on cognitive, linguistic and interactive process of human communication will be achieved. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) | - |
dc.rights | The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Gesture | - |
dc.title | A systematic quantification of gesture employment in normal Cantonese speakers : a multi-directional analysis of forms and functions | - |
dc.type | UG_Thesis | - |
dc.identifier.hkul | b5805910 | - |
dc.description.thesisname | Bachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences | - |
dc.description.thesislevel | Bachelor | - |
dc.description.thesisdiscipline | Speech and Hearing Sciences | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.mmsid | 991020903059703414 | - |