Relier Pairs language and literatureVersion en ligne Culture and literature par Naiie Darling 1 A linguistic statement is accompanied by a gesture that has the same meaning and therefore reinforces it: head movements 2 A gesture can have the same meaning as a linguistic statement and therefore may appear in its place: gestures of ven, done with the index finger 3 Sometimes what we say and what we show with the gestures is opposite in these cases our body language contradicts and weakens our words 4 The gestures often serve us to regulate the conversations and the dialogues begin to establish the speaking turns to finalize them. 5 The gestures help us and show what is difficult to explain with words also allow us to correct or redirect our words if the interlocutor does not understand them.