gesture language
Example Sentences
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Primitive man depended largely upon gesture language, and the placing of the hand over the heart is universally understood to signify love and fidelity.
From The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song by Mott, F. W. (Frederick Walker)
He delivered his story, referring to one of the many incidents in his perilous life, orally, but with pantomimes so graphic and vivid that it may be presented truly as a specimen of gesture language.
In gesture language, the gesture has to remain fairly imitative or expressive to be intelligible.
From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Edman, Irwin
Ercole only answered by raising his head and throwing out his chin, which means "no" in gesture language.
From Whosoever Shall Offend by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
This is no imputation against the missionaries, as in October, 1880, five intelligent Ojibwas from Petoskey, Mich., told the writer that they had never heard of gesture language.
