The “Shaking the Hand ” Gesture: An Input for the Teaching of ELE in the Costa Rican Context

This paper describes a gesture from the native speakers’ pragmatic knowledge with the aim of understanding its uses in face to face communication in Costa Rican speech. The analysis is done using the classification of gestures exposed by Knapp (1982); methodologically, the speakers’ information was...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Rivera Alfaro, Silvia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/23756
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/filyling/article/view/23756
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:ELE
gestos
comunicación no verbal
español
Costa Rica.
gestures
non-verbal communication
Spanish
Costa Rica
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Sumario:This paper describes a gesture from the native speakers’ pragmatic knowledge with the aim of understanding its uses in face to face communication in Costa Rican speech. The analysis is done using the classification of gestures exposed by Knapp (1982); methodologically, the speakers’ information was taken using a semi open online questionnaire. Among the results, it should be pointed out that the studied gesture is used in different contexts, and appears in different categories with diverse functions. The study contributes to the knowledge of non-verbal elements for the class of Spanish as a foreign language (ELE) in the Costa Rican Context.