Editing Gesture (section)

==== Symbolic (emblematic) ====
[[File:Us navy helicopter landing signals illustration.jpg|thumb|right|Military [[aircraft marshalling|air marshallers]] use hand and body gestures to direct flight operations aboard [[aircraft carrier]]s.]]

{{Main|List of gestures}}The most familiar are the so-called emblems or quotable gestures. These are conventional, culture-specific gestures that can be used as replacement for words, such as the handwave used in the US for "hello" and "goodbye". A single emblematic gesture can have a very different significance in different cultural contexts, ranging from complimentary to highly offensive.<ref>[[Morris, Desmond]], Collett, Peter, Marsh, Peter, O'Shaughnessy, Marie. 1979. ''Gestures, their origins and distribution''. London. Cape</ref> The page [[List of gestures]] discusses emblematic gestures made with one hand, two hands, hand and other body parts, and body and facial gestures.

Symbolic gestures can occur either concurrently or independently of vocal speech. Symbolic gestures are iconic gestures that are widely recognized, fixed, and have conventionalized meanings.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Krauss |display-authors=etal |first=Robert M.|year=2001|title=Lexical Gestures and Lexical Access: A Process Model|journal=Book: Language and Gesture by D. McNeill (Ed.) New York: Cambridge University Press|pages=261–283}}</ref>