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Hinterwimmer, Stefan ORCID: 0000-0002-2808-8361, Patil, Umesh ORCID: 0000-0001-8656-9545 and Ebert, Cornelia ORCID: 0000-0002-4833-8655 (2021). On the Interaction of Gestural and Linguistic Perspective Taking. Frontiers in Communication, 6. pp. 1-15. Frontiers Media. ISSN 2297-900X

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Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the question of whether and how perspective taking at the linguistic level interacts with perspective taking at the level of co-speech gestures. In an experimental rating study, we compared test items clearly expressing the perspective of an individual participating in the event described by the sentence with test items which clearly express the speaker’s or narrator’s perspective. Each test item was videotaped in two different versions: In one version, the speaker performed a co-speech gesture in which she enacted the event described by the sentence from a participant’s point of view (i.e. with a character viewpoint gesture). In the other version, she performed a co-speech gesture depicting the event described by the sentence as if it was observed from a distance (i.e. with an observer viewpoint gesture). Both versions of each test item were shown to participants who then had to decide which of the two versions they find more natural. Based on the experimental results we argue that there is no general need for perspective taking on the linguistic level to be aligned with perspective taking on the gestural level. Rather, there is clear preference for the more informative gesture.

Item Type:	Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Hinterwimmer, Stefan UNSPECIFIED https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2808-8361 UNSPECIFIED Patil, Umesh UNSPECIFIED https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8656-9545 UNSPECIFIED Ebert, Cornelia UNSPECIFIED https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4833-8655 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-532149
Identification Number:	10.3389/fcomm.2021.625757
Journal or Publication Title:	Frontiers in Communication
Volume:	6
Page Range:	pp. 1-15
Date:	15 June 2021
Publisher:	Frontiers Media
ISSN:	2297-900X
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities Collaborative Research Centers
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Fächergruppe 3: Deutsche Sprache und Literatur > Institut für Deutsche Sprache und Literatur I Collaborative Research Centers > CRC 1252: Prominence in Language
Subjects:	Psychology Language, Linguistics Germanic
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/53214