In a conversation with a friend, Lionel makes a gesture which seems to accent and organize the important segments of his talk. Which type of speech-dependent gesture is Lionel making in this instance?

a. a referent-related gesture
b. a punctuation gesture
c. an interactive gesture
d. an emotive gesture


ANS: b

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