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== Kendon's continuum ==
In order to better understand the linguistic values that gestures hold, Adam Kendon, a pioneer in gesture research has proposed to look at it as a continuum from less linguistic to fully linguistic.
Gestures of different kinds fall within this continuum and include spontaneous gesticulations, language-like gestures, pantomime, emblems, and sign language. Spontaneous gesticulations are not evident without the presence of speech, assisting in the process of vocalization, whereas language-like gestures are "iconic and metaphoric, but lack consistency and are context-dependent".<ref name=":7">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.augcominc.com/newsletters/index.cfm/newsletter_26.pdf|author=Blackstone, S|year=2000|title=Gestures in AAC|magazine=Augmentative Communication News (ACN)|volume=13|issue=1}}</ref> "Language-like gesture" implies that the gesture is assuming something linguistic (Loncke, 2013).<ref>{{Cite book|title=Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Models and applications for educators, speech-language pathologists, psychologists, caregivers, and users.|last=Loncke|first=F.|publisher=Plural Publishing Inc.|year=2013|isbn=|location=San Diego, CA|pages=}}</ref> Pantomime falls in the middle of the continuum and requires shared conventions. This kind of gesture helps convey information or describe an event.
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