Essays about: "co-speech gestures"

Found 2 essays containing the words co-speech gestures.

1. 1. Evaluating Generated Co-Speech Gestures of Embodied Conversational Agent(ECA) through Real-Time Interaction

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Yuan He; [2022]
   Keywords : Embodied Conversational Agent ECA ; User Study; Evaluation Instrument; Gesture Generation; Gaze-tracking; Förkroppsligad konversationsagent ECA ; Användarstudie; Utvärderingsinstrument; Generering av gester; Spårning av blickar;

   Abstract : Embodied Conversational Agents (ECAs)’ gestures can enhance human perception in many dimensions during interactions. In recent years, data-driven gesture generation approaches for ECAs have attracted considerable research attention and effort, and methods have been continuously optimized. READ MORE

3. 2. From Unisemiotic to Polysemiotic Narratives: Translating across semiotic systems

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Karoliina Louhema; [2018]
   Keywords : bodily mimesis; cognitive semiotics; co-speech gestures; embodied narratives; experientiality; iconicity; ideophones; intersemiotic translation; language; mimetic schema; multimodality; narratives; phenomenology; pictorial semiotics; pictures; polysemiotic communication; semiotics; semiotic systems; sensory modalities; signs; sound symbolism; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Human communication is both polysemiotic and multimodal; it is comprised of ensembles of representations from different semiotic systems in different sensory modalities. These semiotic systems, such as language, gestures, and pictures consist of signs and relations between signs, with system-specific affordances (Kendon, 2004; Zlatev, 2009; Sonesson, 2014). READ MORE