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Volume 2, Issue 2
  • ISSN 1568-1475
  • E-ISSN: 1569-9773
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Abstract

This paper describes a possible formal organizational device that serves to bound episodes of body movement such as gestures, fidgets, instrumental moves and the like. It involves a spate of movement — whether a single move or a series of moves — being completed by returning the moving body part to the position from which it departed at the outset. A series of specimens are examined which display this organizational device across a number of dimensions of variation — in the body part being moved, the characteristics of the mover, the amplitude of the move, etc., underscoring the formality and adaptability of the device.The electronic edition of this article includes audio-visual data.

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2002-01-01
2025-04-27
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  • Article Type: Research Article
Keyword(s): body movement; formal organization; gesture
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