linguitics

Components of iconicity in German Sign Language (DGS): Hearing non-signer’s perception of phonological and semantic parameters of iconicity

Iconicity is defined as a perceived resemblance between aspects of a linguistic form and aspects of its associated meaning (Perniss et al. 2010; Perniss and Vigliocco 2014; Dingemanse 2019). Transparency describes a degree of this resemblance, in …