| Handedness | One-Handed |
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| Handshape | Middle, right, and little fingers retracted toward the palm. |
| Handshape | Thumb and index extended or crooked and parallel to each other. |
| Movement | Static hold or beat. |
| Orientation | Palm Lateral. |
| Position | Central space or at face level. |
| Timing | Usually for the entire duration of the co-occurring verbal construction. |
| Pragmatic property | Affective/evaluative framing. |
| Pragmatic property | Foregrounding the small quantity of the referent. |
| Semantic property | Small quantity. |
| Element of (en) | This close to V-ing construction | Spoken American English |
| Research Question | How can multimodal phenomena be modelled in Construction Grammar? |
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| Findings | The meso construction is a semi-schematic multimodal construction: the verbal form is fixed, while the gestural component is a schematic slot. This slot accepts specific gesture types, primarily those indicating height or cutting motions. The meanings of these gestures are metaphorically extended to the domain of emotions conceptualized as a liquid. |
| Date Created | 2026-07-07 |
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| Annotator | Yassine Iabdounane |