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Live Long and May the Odds Be Ever in Your Favour: Emblem gestures in sci-fi and their uptake in popular culture
  This paper draws attention to the important effect that gesture in science fiction can have on real-world communicative contexts, as well as the benefits and challenges of using corpus approaches in gesture study.

  • Type:

    Conference Paper (unpublished)

  • Date:

    29 November 2022

  • Publication Status:

    Unpublished

  • Funders:

    Edinburgh Napier Funded

Citation

Kruk, J., Gawne, L., & Freestone, P. (2022, November). Live Long and May the Odds Be Ever in Your Favour: Emblem gestures in sci-fi and their uptake in popular culture. Paper presented at Australian Linguistic Society 2022, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

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Keywords

science fiction, linguistics, gesture, Star Trek, The Hunger Games

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