On the other hand, when gestural meaning reflects lexical meaning, it is possible that the gesture originates more directly from the lexical selection process (Butterworth & Hadar, 1989).
Obama claimed that the gesture wasn't premeditated.
He doesn't feel that the gesture absolves him.
(Douglas has stated that the gesture had no political motivation).
But he seemed to sense that the gesture was premature.
However, fist-bump-ologists point out (as does Carter) that the gesture probably predates him.
Amazing that the gesture still communicated so much, after three decades.
The horrified guest informed him that the gesture was considered offensive in Brazil.
"It certainly didn't hurt," Tagliabue said of the impact that the gesture had on Thursday's voting.
However, he dismissed a suggestion that the gesture implied he was considering retirement from the saddle.
It had the compression, the succinctness of form and force, that the gesture of an older dancer can sometimes have.
