List of Nonverbal Gestures

1. Adaptors – Help us feel comfortable or indicate emotions or moods (twirling hair)
2. Emblems – A specific meaning movement and can replace or reinforce words (pointing)
3. Illustrators – Reinforce a verbal message
4. Masking – substituting more appropriate displays for inappropriate displays
5. Regulators – Control, encourage or discourage (1,2,3…)

Adapted from http://www.saylor.org/books