Non-Verbal Communication in Ancient Rome: Eyebrow Gestures

[eng] This article analyses the communicative power of eyebrows in ancient Rome within the framework of broader research into gestures from the same period. Our research uses the corpus of Latin literature to describe evidence of gestures in said texts. It then identifies the expressions used by the...

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Autores: Fornés Pallicer, M. Antònia, Puig Rodríguez-Escalona, Mercè
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
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Llatí
Comunicació no verbal
Gesture
Rome
Latin language
Nonverbal communication
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spelling Non-Verbal Communication in Ancient Rome: Eyebrow GesturesFornés Pallicer, M. AntòniaPuig Rodríguez-Escalona, MercèGestRomaLlatíComunicació no verbalGestureRomeLatin languageNonverbal communication[eng] This article analyses the communicative power of eyebrows in ancient Rome within the framework of broader research into gestures from the same period. Our research uses the corpus of Latin literature to describe evidence of gestures in said texts. It then identifies the expressions used by the authors to refer to them and describes how they were performed. Moreover, by analysing the context, it explains the meanings the authors attribute to them. Although the texts do not describe these gestures with the precision required by non-verbal communication research today, our analysis of the selected extracts has enabled us to identify four free eyebrow gestures—contracting, raising, relaxing, and lowering—and associate a meaning to them. In this regard, we have uncovered that Roman writers introduce eyebrow gestures in their work to communicate emotions such as arrogance and humility, and anger or seriousness, and even to identify certain characters. In turn, these gestures are also used to express disapproval and assent in place of speech.MDPI2024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/217295Articles publicats en revistes (Filologia Clàssica, Romànica i Semítica)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3390/languages9030092Languages, 2024, vol. 9, p. 1-18https://doi.org/10.3390/languages9030092cc-by (c) Fornés Pallicer, M. Antònia et al., 2024http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/2172952026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Non-Verbal Communication in Ancient Rome: Eyebrow Gestures
title Non-Verbal Communication in Ancient Rome: Eyebrow Gestures
spellingShingle Non-Verbal Communication in Ancient Rome: Eyebrow Gestures
Fornés Pallicer, M. Antònia
Gest
Roma
Llatí
Comunicació no verbal
Gesture
Rome
Latin language
Nonverbal communication
title_short Non-Verbal Communication in Ancient Rome: Eyebrow Gestures
title_full Non-Verbal Communication in Ancient Rome: Eyebrow Gestures
title_fullStr Non-Verbal Communication in Ancient Rome: Eyebrow Gestures
title_full_unstemmed Non-Verbal Communication in Ancient Rome: Eyebrow Gestures
title_sort Non-Verbal Communication in Ancient Rome: Eyebrow Gestures
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Fornés Pallicer, M. Antònia
Puig Rodríguez-Escalona, Mercè
author Fornés Pallicer, M. Antònia
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Puig Rodríguez-Escalona, Mercè
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Gest
Roma
Llatí
Comunicació no verbal
Gesture
Rome
Latin language
Nonverbal communication
topic Gest
Roma
Llatí
Comunicació no verbal
Gesture
Rome
Latin language
Nonverbal communication
description [eng] This article analyses the communicative power of eyebrows in ancient Rome within the framework of broader research into gestures from the same period. Our research uses the corpus of Latin literature to describe evidence of gestures in said texts. It then identifies the expressions used by the authors to refer to them and describes how they were performed. Moreover, by analysing the context, it explains the meanings the authors attribute to them. Although the texts do not describe these gestures with the precision required by non-verbal communication research today, our analysis of the selected extracts has enabled us to identify four free eyebrow gestures—contracting, raising, relaxing, and lowering—and associate a meaning to them. In this regard, we have uncovered that Roman writers introduce eyebrow gestures in their work to communicate emotions such as arrogance and humility, and anger or seriousness, and even to identify certain characters. In turn, these gestures are also used to express disapproval and assent in place of speech.
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