
156 Coverbal Synchrony in Human-Machine Interaction
4 A: enfin bon c’est un mois en faisant que le week-end si tu
veux /ah ouais/ mais well a month but I was only working on
week-ends you know /oh yeah/
5 A: tu vois là tout à la ra[clette] you see, all of it with a scraper
{Gesture 1 ——————————————————————}
6 B: [c’était peint sur la ta]pisserie [truc comme ça] it was painted
on the paper and stuff
{Gesture 2 ——————————————————————}
7 A: [et ouais] yes it was
Figure 3a illustrates the gesture made by speaker A while saying all
of it with a scraper. He produces an iconic gesture as if he was holding
a scraper, a gesture in which his right ...