Face-to-face communication is multimodal at its core: it consists of a combination of vocal
and visual signalling. However, current evidence suggests that, in the absence of an …

Iconicity is often defined as the resemblance between a form and a given meaning, while
transparency is defined as the ability to infer a given meaning based on the form. This study …

We argue that some properties of sign language grammar have counterparts in non-signers'
intuitions about gestures, including ones that are probably very uncommon. Thus despite the …

Iconicity is when linguistic units are perceived as 'sounding like what they mean,'so that
phonological structure of an iconic word is what begets its meaning through perceived …

Second language acquisition (SLA) research offers valuable insight on how languages are
learned and how they coexist and influence each other. Sign language learners offer unique …

Despite a rise in the use of “learning by doing” pedagogical methods in praxis, little is known
as to how the brain benefits from these methods. Learning by doing strategies that utilize …

Iconicity is a resemblance between form and meaning grounded in perceptuo-motor
analogy. In speech, iconicity is understood as words “sounding like what they mean.” …

Recent work suggests that not all aspects of learning benefit from an iconicity advantage
(Ortega, 2017). We present the results of an artificial sign language learning experiment …

This paper investigates object-based and action-based iconic strategies and combinations
of them to refer to everyday objects in the lexicon of an emerging village sign language …

Iconicity is a central topic in language evolution research. It has been studied as a tool for
bootstrapping communication systems (Fay et al., 2013), as an emergent property (Tamariz …