American
Gestures
Alex Raffi
and
Richard L. Epstein
Advanced Reasoning Forum
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TABLE of CONTENTS
Common Gestures...............1
Yes, No, and Pointing............107
Impolite Actions..............111
Obscene Gestures..............119
Index...................123
Introduction
These are the most commonly used American
gestures, ones understood throughout the United
States. We’ve included only gestures whose meaning
is symbolic, not ones that are universal expressions of
emotion, such as fear.
Phrases in quotation marks are said with the gesture
or are the exact verbal equivalents of the gesture.