Search

Home > Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing > The surprising ways we gesture about time and space, with Lauren Gawne


	Podcast:		Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing
	Episode:		The surprising ways we gesture about time and space, with Lauren Gawne
	Category:		Education
	Duration:		00:22:58
	Publish Date:		2025-09-04 09:00:00
	Description:		1113. This week, we talk with linguist Lauren Gawne about her book "Gesture: A Slim Guide." We look at how different cultures gesture about abstract concepts like time and space, and how we unknowingly gesture from our left-to-right writing system. We also look at why pointing is often rude, how different cultures point in different ways, and whether animals gesture on their own. This episode was originally a bonus episode released in June for people who support the show, the Grammarpaloozians. If you'd like to support the show, and get ad-free podcasts and bonuses right away, visit quickanddirtytips.com/bonus for more information. Lauren Gawne → Superlinguo Share your familect recording in a WhatsApp chat. Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing courses. Subscribe to the newsletter. Take our advertising survey. Get the edited transcript. Get Grammar Girl books. Join Grammarpalooza. Get ad-free and bonus episodes at Apple Podcasts or Subtext. Learn more about the difference. \| HOST: Mignon Fogarty \| VOICEMAIL: 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475). \| Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network. Audio Engineer: Dan Feierabend Director of Podcast: Holly Hutchings Advertising Operations Specialist: Morgan Christianson Marketing and Video: Nat Hoopes \| Theme music by Catherine Rannus. \| Grammar Girl Social Media: YouTube. TikTok. Facebook.Threads. Instagram. LinkedIn. Mastodon. Bluesky.
	Total Play:		0