Gestures - Miburigo

Japanese: 身ぶり語 - みぶりご

[Between the action and gesture]
As long as we are alive, humans will almost constantly perform physical movements that are communicative and expressive for the purpose of communicating with others, and these are generally called gestures. Just as there are words that we speak to ourselves, there are also gestures that are more self-communicative, such as counting on one's fingers. However, since the main function of gestures is communication, it can be said that gestures assume the presence of others as a prerequisite.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

［動作と身ぶりのあいだ］
　生のあるかぎり，人間がほとんどたえまなく行う身体運動のうちには，他者へのコミュニケーションを目的とする，伝達的，表現的な動作があるが，これらは一般に〈身ぶり〉とよばれる。身ぶりのなかには，ことばにひとり言があるのと同様に，指折り数える動作のようにむしろ自己伝達的なものもある。しかし，コミュニケーションを主たる機能とする以上，身ぶりは前提として他者の存在を想定するといってよいだろう。

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