Airline gestures.
Since spring break has just past, I have some really good examples of spatial expressions in sentences; more specifically gestural expressions. The airlines use gestural expressions in every single flight. I am sure we have all noticed, but until this class I never knew what exactly they were doing. At the beginning of the flight a flight attendent says something along the lines of "buckle your seat belt". While they are speaking this they have a seatbelt they are holding with gestures showing how to do so. Secondly they use gestural expressions when they illustrate putting the oxygen mask on in case of an emergency. The usual sentence is along the lines of "In case of an emergency, the oxygen mask will drop down and put it over your head". Without using gestural expressions, some people would really be lost!
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Those are good examples. Don't forget "the exits are located...blah, blah, blah" along with the gestures of pointing to those exits. Doesn't it seem kind of odd that they all use the exact same physical gestures (they point in the same exact manner)?
That's a good example Charity. The first time I was on an airplane I was so nervous and just ready to be off as soon as I got on. You have that feeling of no control when your in the air. I would be one of those people that would be lost if they didn't do their speech because I've never used an oxygen mask before and I entered one way onto the plane so if that was blocked its good to know where the others are, lol. Plus it is one thing to just tell you through an explaination but another to show you how to do it and where things are. Helps a lot! :)