Jessica Kruk
Live Long and May the Odds Be Ever in Your Favour: Emblem gestures in sci-fi and their uptake in popular culture
Kruk, Jessica; Gawne, Lauren; Freestone, Pete
Authors
Lauren Gawne
Pete Freestone
Abstract
This paper draws attention to the important effect that gesture in science fiction can have on real-world communicative contexts, as well as the benefits and challenges of using corpus approaches in gesture study.
Citation
Kruk, J., Gawne, L., & Freestone, P. (2022, November). Live Long and May the Odds Be Ever in Your Favour: Emblem gestures in sci-fi and their uptake in popular culture. Paper presented at Australian Linguistic Society 2022, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
| Presentation Conference Type | Conference Paper (unpublished) |
|---|---|
| Conference Name | Australian Linguistic Society 2022 |
| Start Date | Nov 29, 2022 |
| End Date | Dec 2, 2022 |
| Deposit Date | Jan 2, 2023 |
| Keywords | science fiction, linguistics, gesture, Star Trek, The Hunger Games |
| Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2997038 |
| Publisher URL | https://als.asn.au/Conference/Conference2022/Program |