But the whole experience awakened in me a lifelong interest in body language, gesture, and the conscious effort to understand what other people took for granted, content to pick up emotion and intent for the most part unconsciously.

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Trying to decipher body language from a single gesture is like trying to find narrative meaning in a single word.

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It is also worth remembering that gesture is still a crucial part of human language, even for those with normal hearing.

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Ms Miller's ear for the language, both black and white, her eye for gesture and pose, above all her feel for the bitter clarity of adolescence, make this a remarkable book.

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Body language is the management of time, space, appearance, posture, gesture, touch, facial expression, eye contact, and voice.

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