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Motor signs for ‘Yes’ and ‘No’1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Roman Jakobson
Affiliation:
Harvard University and MIT

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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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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