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Gestures and Emblems: A Discussion with Lauren Gawne

Gestures and Emblems: A Discussion with Lauren Gawne

Language on the Move

April 13, 202534m 26s

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Show Notes

Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Lauren Gawne, about cross-cultural variation in gesture use.

In this episode, Brynn and Lauren discuss a paper that Lauren wrote in 2024 with co-author Dr. Kensey Cooperrider entitled “Emblems: Meaning at the interface of language and gesture”. Brynn and Lauren talk all about how emblems are different to gestures, cultural uses of emblems, emoji, and how emblems might be changing in the digital age.

Discussions in this episode include references to Lauren’s book Gesture: A Slim Guide (Oxford UP, 2025), the video episode on gesture that Lingthusiasm made and Gretchen McCulloch’s book Because Internet.

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