Abstract published In: Sign Language & Linguistics
Vol. 26:2 (2023) ► pp.323–331
Dissertation abstract
Iconicity as a pervasive force in language
Evidence from Ghanaian Sign Language and Adamorobe Sign Language
Published online: 24 November 2023
https://doi.org/10.1075/sll.00079.edw
https://doi.org/10.1075/sll.00079.edw
Article outline
- Iconicity in signed language
- Study 1.Lexical iconicity
- Study 2.Space and iconicity in GhSL and AdaSL: Encoding location, motion, and action
- Study 3.Simultaneous constructions in GhSL and AdaSL
- Cognitive linguistic approach to iconicity
- Summary of findings
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