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In:Sign Language in Papua New Guinea: A primary sign language from the Upper Lagaip Valley, Enga Province
Adam Kendon †
[Not in series 226] 2020
► pp. 37–64

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Chapter 3
Iconicity

How signs relate to their referents

Published online: 17 February 2020

https://doi.org/10.1075/z.226.c3

Article outline

3.1Processes of signification
3.2Base realization and feature selection
- 3.2.1Presenting
- 3.2.2Pointing
- 3.2.3Characterizing
  - 3.2.3.1Enactment
  - 3.2.3.2Body modeling
  - 3.2.3.3Virtual depiction
3.3How the base relates to the referent
- 3.3.1Presenting signs
- 3.3.2Pointing signs
- 3.3.3Characterizing signs: Enactment
  - 3.3.3.1Mimetic enactment signs
    - 3.3.3.1.1Signs for actions
    - 3.3.3.1.2Enactment signs for objects
    - 3.3.3.1.3Enactments as signs for a setting or situation
    - 3.3.3.1.4Enactment signs referring to state, disposition, or attitude
    - 3.3.3.1.5Interpersonal gestures
  - 3.3.3.2Analogic enactment signs
    - 3.3.3.2.1Signs for general activities and processes
    - 3.3.3.2.2Signs for animals and weather phenomena
- 3.3.4Characterizing signs realized by modeling, sketching, and measuring
- 3.3.5Conclusions
3.4Sign realization devices in two unrelated sign languages
Notes