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Abstract published In: Sign Language & Linguistics
Vol. 28:2 (2025) ► pp.299–308

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Dissertation abstract

Multisensory iconicity in Finnish Sign Language

Going beyond visuocentrism

 | University of Jyväskylä
Published online: 25 November 2025
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https://doi.org/10.1075/sll.00097.ker
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Overview of the PhD dissertation
    • 2.1Sub-study 1: Iconic strategies in lexical sensory signs in Finnish Sign Language
    • 2.2Sub-study 2: Cross-modal iconicity and indexicality in the production of lexical sensory and emotional signs in Finnish Sign Language
    • 2.3Sub-study 3: Somatosensory iconicity: Insights from sighted signers and blind gesturers
  • 3.Overall results and discussion
  • References
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