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Researcher
- General Linguistics
- Centre for Languages and Literature
Contact information
E-mail sandra.debreslioskaling.luse
Visiting address
Helgonabacken 12, Lund
Postal address
Box 201, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 20
I hold a PhD degree in general linguistics from Lund University. In my dissertation, I examined the way that speech and gestures are used together to represent referents in discourse. In four studies, I investigated when gestures are produced for the representation of discourse referents, where they are produced, how they are produced, and what they express. The findings highlight the multifunctionality of gestures, showing that gestures can have a parallel or complementary function to speech depending on the context. In discourse perception, gestures further seem to have a facilitatory function. My work thus contributes to our understanding of the close relationship between speech and gestures, and advocates 1) that gestures be considered in linguistic studies on discourse, and 2) that connected discourse be considered in gesture studies.
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Books (1)
Articles (5)
- Debreslioska, S. & Gullberg, M. (2020). The semantic content of gestures varies with information status, definiteness and clause structure. Journal of Pragmatics, 168, 36-52. Elsevier.
- Debreslioska, S. & Gullberg, M. (2020). What’s new? : Gestures accompany inferable rather than brand-new referents in discourse. Frontiers in Psychology, 11. Frontiers Media S. A..
- Debreslioska, S. & Gullberg, M. (2019). Discourse reference is bimodal : How information status in speech interacts with presence and viewpoint of gestures. Discourse Processes, 56, 41-60. Routledge.
- Debreslioska, S., van de Weijer, J. & Gullberg, M. (2019). Addressees are sensitive to the presence of gesture when tracking a single referent in discourse. Frontiers in Psychology, 10. Frontiers Media S. A..
- Debreslioska, S., Özyürek, A., Gullberg, M. & Perniss, P. (2013). Gestural viewpoint signals referent accessibility. Discourse Processes, 50, 431-456. Routledge.
Conference contributions (2)
- Debreslioska, S. & Gullberg, M. (2014). Scales of gestural progression and information status in discourse.
- Debreslioska, S., Gullberg, M. & Perniss, P. (2012). Speakers vary viewpoint and location with activeness/accessibility of referents in listener’s mind.
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Researcher
- General Linguistics
- Centre for Languages and Literature
Contact information
E-mail sandra.debreslioskaling.luse
Visiting address
Helgonabacken 12, Lund
Postal address
Box 201, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 20