manualasuch
Manualasuch is a term used in discussions of multimodal communication to denote the integration of manual (hand) gestures with spoken language. It functions as a conceptual umbrella rather than a fixed theory, encompassing co-speech gestures, sign language elements, and other manual signals that accompany or substitute for spoken utterances.
Etymology and scope are informal. The coinage combines the word manual with a suffix intended to evoke
Usage in research typically focuses on how manual activity aligns with syntax, prosody, and discourse structure,
Reception and limitations are mixed. Manualasuch is not universally adopted in mainstream linguistics, and some scholars
See also: Sign language, Co-speech gesture, Multimodal communication, Gesture studies.