Iconicity is in the eye of the beholder: How language experience affects perceived iconicity

C Occhino, B Anible, E Wilkinson, JP Morford - Gesture, 2017 - jbe-platform.com
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 …

The role of iconicity, construal, and proficiency in the online processing of handshape

C Occhino, B Anible, JP Morford - Language and Cognition, 2020 - cambridge.org
Iconicity has traditionally been considered an objective, fixed, unidimensional property of
language forms, often operationalized as transparency for experimental purposes. Within a …

A cognitive approach to phonology: Evidence from signed languages

C Occhino - 2016 - search.proquest.com
This dissertation uses corpus data from ASL and Libras (Brazilian Sign Language), to
investigate the distribution of a series of static and dynamic handshapes across the two …

Lexical conventionalization and the emergence of grammatical devices in a second generation homesign system in Peru

GK Neveu - 2019 - repositories.lib.utexas.edu
This dissertation is the study of a sign system used by the Máíjùnà, an indigenous
community in the Peruvian Amazon. The properties of the signing community are not …

Iconicity is in the eye of the beholder

O Corrine, A Benjamin, W Erin - Gesture, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
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 …