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Author Waisman, Orit Sônia

Title Body, language and meaning in conflict situations : a semiotic analysis of gesture-word mismatches in Israeli-Jewish and Arab discourse / Orit Sônia Waisman
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 188 pages)
Series Studies in functional and structural linguistics ; v. 62
Studies in functional and structural linguistics ; v. 62.
Contents Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction -- ch. 2 presentation of the field -- Body, language and meaning -- body and its social meaning -- study of non-verbal communication -- Pointing gestures -- Mismatches between verbal and non-verbal modalities -- Gestures remain unnoticed -- Linguistics and non-verbal study -- Sign-oriented semiotic theory -- word systems semiotic approach -- Research on conflict -- Language and conflict -- Conflict between groups -- Arab-Jewish conflict -- ch. 3 Methodological issues -- data: A means to study conflict -- Preliminary data analysis -- gestalt view of the text -- Initial analysis of mismatches -- mismatch form -- Non-random distribution of signs: The word systems -- Analysis of the text as a whole -- word systems theoretical framework -- beten (belly) word system -- medina-adama (state-land) word system -- ̂ Shoa-Nakba (Holocaust-Catastrophe) word system -- Limitations -- ch. 4 beten word system -- meaning of the belly -- Literature review -- first half of the ninth meeting -- Brief presentation of the interaction -- mismatches -- Non-verbal expressions of beten -- second half of the ninth meeting -- beginning -- Michal: The notion of space and the full beten -- Nurit: Addressing her own identity issue through the beten mele'a -- Nabila: The beten as a common enemy -- Nurit: Efforts to connect to Manar's beten -- Manar: Puncture vs. protection, some verbal and non-verbal considerations -- Shoshi: "I'm dying to understand you. It's difficult for you, so I can't understand you" -- Other participants describe Shoshi -- Further observations -- Other participants -- facilitators: Verbal and non-verbal considerations -- Sari: Difficulties with the undefined, with feelings -- Michael: Approaching intimacy -- ̂
Summary Annotation This original research applies semiotics to linguistic and non-linguistic segments in a text in search of potential correlations between them. The resultant mapping is applied to cases of gesture-word mismatches that are evident in conflict situations. The current study adopts the word systems approach, a sign-based theory that is naturally designed for the analysis of linguistic signs, and extends it to non-linguistic units, borrowing analytical tools from the field of dance movement therapy. The variety of interdisciplinary metaphorical and literal interpretations of the analyzed signs enriches the theoretical framework and facilitates examination of the instances of mismatches. Hence, this study makes a meaningful contribution to the understanding of linguistic/non-linguistic mismatches in situations of conflict. Further, it makes more general claims: the semiotic system underlying this study paves the way for further research of correlations (or lack thereof) between a range of phenomena cutting across sociology, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics and political science
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Subject Speech and gesture -- Political aspects -- Israel
Body language -- Political aspects -- Israel
Gesture -- Political aspects -- Israel
Arab-Israeli conflict -- Psychological aspects
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Communication Studies.
Arab-Israeli conflict -- Psychological aspects
Israel
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789027287557
9027287554