Book contents
- Sign Language Phonology
- Key Topics in Phonology
- Sign Language Phonology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Modality Effects
- 3 Iconicity
- 4 Interfaces
- 5 The Emergence of Phonology
- 6 Sign Language Phonological Processing
- 7 Sign Language Acquisition
- 8 Sign Language Phonological Variation and Change
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- References
3 - Iconicity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 November 2019
Book contents
- Sign Language Phonology
- Key Topics in Phonology
- Sign Language Phonology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Modality Effects
- 3 Iconicity
- 4 Interfaces
- 5 The Emergence of Phonology
- 6 Sign Language Phonological Processing
- 7 Sign Language Acquisition
- 8 Sign Language Phonological Variation and Change
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- References
Summary
In this chapter, the ways that iconicity and phonological constraints work together in sign languages will be described. Different types of iconicity will be delineated, and then a number of examples will be provided of how the phonetic pressures of ease of articulation, ease of perception, and iconicity conspire in sign language phonology. Iconicity is pervasive in sign languages, which makes these languages fertile ground for research on the topic, and it offers a way for work on sign languages to make a contribution to linguistic theory more broadly.
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- Sign Language Phonology , pp. 75 - 98Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
References
3.6 Further Reading
Demey, E. & van der Kooij, E. (2008). Phonological patterns in a dependency model: Allophonic relations grounded in phonetic and iconic motivation. Lingua, 118, 1109–1138.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Emmorey, K., Grabowski, T., McCullough, S., Damasio, H., Ponto, L., Hichwa, R., & Bellugi, U. (2004). Motor-iconicity of sign language does not alter the neural systems underlying tool and action naming. Brain and Language, 89, 27–37.Google Scholar
Meir, I. (2010). Iconicity and metaphor: Constraints on metaphoric extension of iconic forms. Language, 86. 865–986.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Perniss, P., Lu, J. C., Morgan, G., & Vigliocco, G. (2017). Mapping language to the world: The role of iconicity in the sign language input. Developmental Science, 21(2), e12551.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Taub, S. (2001). Language from the Body: Iconicity and Metaphor in American Sign Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar