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This document analyzes three types of open-palm hand gestures: beats and two instances of the hand flip gesture. It discusses how these gestures can serve prosodic functions by accompanying rhythmic stresses in speech. They may mark important elements with respect to discourse or emphasize discourse units like topics. The gestures may also serve parsing functions by delineating units of speech or marking subtopics. Additionally, hand flips can convey modality by expressing uncertainty or presenting ideas up

Author

danielefranceschi

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