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Communicative effectiveness of pantomime gesture in people with aphasia.
BACKGROUND Human communication occurs through both verbal and visual/motoric modalities. Simultaneous conversational speech and gesture occurs across all cultures and age groups. When verbal communication is compromised, more of the communicative load can be transferred to the gesture modality. Although people with aphasia produce meaning-laden gestures, the communicative value of these has not...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Aphasiology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0268-7038,1464-5041
DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2018.1485840