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kinesics  

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  • Kinesics is the study and interpretation of human body movements that can be taken as symbolic or metaphorical in social interaction. According to anthropologist Ray Birdwhistell, who coined this term in 1952, kinesics encompasses facial expression, gestures, posture and gait, and visible arm and body movements. [Source: Encyclopedia of Communication Theory; Kinesics]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-J0DKGW19-C

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