Iconicity is in the eye of the beholder
| Autor: | Jill P. Morford, Benjamin Anible, Erin Wilkinson, Corrine Occhino |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
060201 languages & linguistics
Cultural Studies Linguistics and Language American Sign Language Communication 05 social sciences Foreign language German Sign Language Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 06 humanities and the arts Sign language 050105 experimental psychology Linguistics language.human_language 0602 languages and literature language ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDSOCIETY 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Construal level theory Psychology Language Experience Approach Iconicity Meaning (linguistics) |
| Zdroj: | Gesture. 16:100-126 |
| ISSN: | 1569-9773 1568-1475 |
| DOI: | 10.1075/gest.16.1.04occ |
| Popis: | A renewed interest in understanding the role of iconicity in the structure and processing of signed languages is hampered by the conflation of iconicity and transparency in the definition and operationalization of iconicity as a variable. We hypothesize that iconicity is fundamentally different than transparency since it arises from individuals’ experience with the world and their language, and is subjectively mediated by the signers’ construal of form and meaning. We test this hypothesis by asking American Sign Language (ASL) signers and German Sign Language (DGS) signers to rate iconicity of ASL and DGS signs. Native signers consistently rate signs in their own language as more iconic than foreign language signs. The results demonstrate that the perception of iconicity is intimately related to language-specific experience. Discovering the full ramifications of iconicity for the structure and processing of signed languages requires operationalizing this construct in a manner that is sensitive to language experience. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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