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Motor signs for ‘Yes’ and ‘No’1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Roman Jakobson
Roman Jakobson
Affiliation:
Harvard University and MIT
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Abstract

Three different regional pairs of jugular and facial motions used in Europe for habitual expression of approval and dissent are analyzed with reference to the iconic grounds of these three semiotic oppositions. (semiotics, face-to- face interaction, kinesics, European ethnology.)

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Language in Society , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , April 1972 , pp. 91 - 96
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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