gesture language
Example Sentences
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Ercole only answered by raising his head and throwing out his chin, which means "no" in gesture language.
From Whosoever Shall Offend by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
Whether they have any religious ideas it is impossible to say, all intercourse with the surrounding peoples being restricted to barter carried on with gesture language for nobody has ever yet mastered their tongue.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
He delivered his story, referring to one of the many incidents in his perilous life, orally, but with pantomimes so graphic and vivid that it may be presented truly as a specimen of gesture language.
Many arguments have been advanced to prove that gesture language preceded articulate speech and formed the earliest attempt at communication, resulting from the interacting subjective and objective conditions to which primitive man was exposed.
In gesture language, the gesture has to remain fairly imitative or expressive to be intelligible.
From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Edman, Irwin
