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  Type of iconicity matters: Bias for action-based signs in sign language acquisition

Ortega, G., Sumer, B., & Ozyurek, A. (2014). Type of iconicity matters: Bias for action-based signs in sign language acquisition. In P. Bello, M. Guarini, M. McShane, & B. Scassellati (Eds.), Proceedings of the 36th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2014) (pp. 1114-1119). Austin, Tx: Cognitive Science Society.

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Ortega, Gerardo1, 2, 3, Author           
Sumer, Beyza1, 2, 4, Author           
Ozyurek, Asli1, 2, 5, 6, Author           
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1Center for Language Studies, External Organization, ou_55238              
2Language in our Hands: Sign and Gesture, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society, ou_789545              
3Other Research, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society, Nijmegen, NL, ou_55217              
4International Max Planck Research School for Language Sciences, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society, Nijmegen, NL, ou_1119545              
5Research Associates, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society, Wundtlaan 1, 6525 XD Nijmegen, NL, ou_2344700              
6Multimodal Language and Cognition, Radboud University Nijmegen, External Organizations, ou_3055480              

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Free keywords: sign language, acquisition, iconicity, action, perception, sound-symbolism
 Abstract: Early studies investigating sign language acquisition claimed
that signs whose structures are motivated by the form of their
referent (iconic) are not favoured in language development.
However, recent work has shown that the first signs in deaf
children’s lexicon are iconic. In this paper we go a step
further and ask whether different types of iconicity modulate
learning sign-referent links. Results from a picture description
task indicate that children and adults used signs with two
possible variants differentially. While children signing to
adults favoured variants that map onto actions associated with
a referent (action signs), adults signing to another adult
produced variants that map onto objects’ perceptual features
(perceptual signs). Parents interacting with children used
more action variants than signers in adult-adult interactions.
These results are in line with claims that language
development is tightly linked to motor experience and that
iconicity can be a communicative strategy in parental input.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 201420142014
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Title: 36th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2014)
Place of Event: Quebec City, Canada
Start-/End Date: 2014-07-23 - 2014-07-26

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Title: Proceedings of the 36th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2014)
Source Genre: Proceedings
 Creator(s):
Bello, Paul, Editor
Guarini, Marcello, Editor
McShane, Marjorie, Editor
Scassellati, Brian, Editor
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Publ. Info: Austin, Tx : Cognitive Science Society
Pages: - Volume / Issue: - Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 1114 - 1119 Identifier: -