The hands, head and brow: A sociolinguistics study of Māori gesture

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dc.contributor.authorGruber, J.
dc.contributor.authorKing, J.
dc.contributor.authorHay, J.
dc.contributor.authorJohnston, L.
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-17T01:13:54Z
dc.date.available2016-03-17T01:13:54Z
dc.date.issued2016en
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the speech-accompanying gesture and other kinesic behaviour of bilingual English-Māori and monolingual English speakers in New Zealand. Physical expression has long been regarded a key component of Māori artistic and spoken performance, as well as in personal interactions. This study asks (1) if there are gestures more common to or exclusively employed by the Māori population of New Zealand and (2) if their frequency and form is influenced by speaking Māori? More generally, the study considers the effect of different languages on gesture within the same speaker. Four bilingual Māori and six monolingual New Zealanders of European ancestry were recorded providing similar narrations. We report three differences between the speaker groups: a prevalence among Māori speakers for flat-handed motion gestures, gestures of the head, and eyebrow flashes. The findings highlight the probabilistic nature of culturally-grounded variation in gesture and the appropriateness of sociolinguistic approaches to their study.en
dc.identifier.citationGruber, J., King, J., Hay, J., Johnston, L. (2016) The hands, head and brow: A sociolinguistics study of Māori gesture. Gesture, 15(1), pp. 1-36.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/11914
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Canterbury. Aotahi School of Māori and Indigenous Studiesen
dc.publisherUniversity of Canterbury. School of Language, Social and Political Sciencesen
dc.publisherUniversity of Canterbury. Vice-Chancellors Officeen
dc.publisherUniversity of Canterbury. Linguisticsen
dc.publisherUniversity of Canterbury. New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviouren
dc.rights.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651
dc.subjectgestureen
dc.subjecteyebrowsen
dc.subjectnon-verbal behaviouren
dc.subjectMāorien
dc.subjectcross-cultural comparisonen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::45 - Indigenous studies::4507 - Te ahurea, reo me te hītori o te Māori (Māori culture, language and history)::450712 - Te mātai i te reo Māori me te reo Māori (Māori linguistics and languages)en
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::47 - Language, communication and culture::4704 - Linguistics::470411 - Sociolinguisticsen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::47 - Language, communication and culture::4702 - Cultural studies::470212 - Multicultural, intercultural and cross-cultural studiesen
dc.titleThe hands, head and brow: A sociolinguistics study of Māori gestureen
dc.typeJournal Article
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