Performative Facial Expressions in Animated Faces

Abstract

In face-to-face interaction, multimodal signals are at work. We communicate not only through words, but also by intonation, body posture, hand gestures, gaze patterns, facial expressions, and so on. All these signals, verbal and nonverbal, do have a role in the communicative process. They add/modify/substitute information in discourse and are highly linked with one another. This is why facial and bodily animation is