Gestures

 

Gestures are movements resulting from some parts of the body with the leg, hands, fingers and so on, they can be intentional or unintended. It may include using more than one part of the body at the same time or using only one part of the body and the movement is public actions. Gestures are one of the important types of body language in communication. Only one part of the body or more than one part of the body can express the emotion, feelings, point of view and opinion of the speaker. It can also build a strong communication relationship and understanding between people. The listener may receive the message from the speaker in a positive manner without conscious interpretation from him thanks to the gestures in the body.

There are three types of gestures, first, illustrators, manipulators and emblems. These types are usually shown by the movement of the hands, head and shoulders. First, illustrator: refers to speaking with the hands to describe and emphasize the speech, in order to make the other person able to imagine the situation and to show spatial relationships. We can use the hands or the upper part of the body and this makes the listener participate in the conversation and makes him excited about it. But this type differs between each culture and another and between each individual and another. This type is less used when the person is afraid, tense, lying, his feelings are not true, or trying to hide his feelings, and all of these are factors for deception. You must focus with the person while he is talking.

The second type is the manipulator gestures: it refers to the movement of one part of the body with another part, and usually the hand is the manipulator, meaning that one part of the body interacts with another part of the body, such as the movement of the hands on the face, noses, or ears, or playing with hair, such as a pinch, Massage and so on and also props can be used such as playing with the pen or shaking it or like hitting the leg on the ground. This type is used when the person feels uncomfortable, whether psychologically or physically, or we can use them when the person is relaxed, depends on what the person feels. This type is consciously controlled so we can control it.

finally, emblem: they are subtle gestures that have a meaning within a particular society, culture or race. This type is used consciously, where the words spoken can be replaced by this type of gesture and these gestures are limited. This type of gesture can be transmitted through the face, hands, The head and shoulders, such as raising the thumb, this is evidence of the word (OK) or (I agree), as well as using the hands and waving them, this is evidence of the words (Welcome, come here, or bye). Likewise, the head if the head moves right and left means the word (No) and if it moved up and down, it indicated the word (Yes), and if the shoulders moved upward and the eyebrows were knotted, it indicated the word (I don’t know).