When Attentional and Politeness Demands Clash: The Case of Mutual Gaze Avoidance and Chin Pointing in Quiahije Chatino.
Pointing with the chin is a practice attested worldwide: it is an effective and highly recognizable device for re-orienting the attention of the addressee. For the chin point to be observed, the addressee must attend carefully to the movements of the sender's head. This demand comes into conflict wi...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Nonverbal Behavior Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 211 - 244 |
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