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Language and Gesture
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What does cross-linguistic variation in semantic coordination of speech and gesture reveal?: Evidence for an interface representation of spatial thinking and speaking
This map shows the geographic impact of Sotaro Kita's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Sotaro Kita with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Sotaro Kita more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Sotaro Kita. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Sotaro Kita. The network helps show where Sotaro Kita may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sotaro Kita
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Node borders
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Cappuccio, Massimiliano L., Mingyuan Chu, & Sotaro Kita. (2013). Pointing as an instrumental gesture: Gaze representation through indication.. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.6 indexed citations
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Kita, Sotaro, et al.. (2013). The Effect of Left-Hand Gestures on Metaphor Explanation. Cognitive Science. 35(35).3 indexed citations
Hostetter, Autumn B., Martha W. Alibali, & Sotaro Kita. (2007). Does Sitting on Your Hands Make You Bite Your Tongue? The Effects of Gesture Prohibition on Speech During Motor Descriptions. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 29(29).16 indexed citations
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Vigliocco, Gabriella & Sotaro Kita. (2006). Language-specific effects of meaning, sound and syntax: Implications for models of lexical retrieval in production. UCL Discovery (University College London).2 indexed citations
Melinger, Alissa & Sotaro Kita. (2004). When Input and Output Diverge: Mismatches in Gesture, Speech, and Image. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 26(26).1 indexed citations
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Brugman, Hennie, Peter Wittenburg, Stephen C. Levinson, & Sotaro Kita. (2002). Multimodal annotations in gesture and sign language studies. Language Resources and Evaluation. 176–182.8 indexed citations
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