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Subjects hold a special role in human language, even at the lexical level. Analysis of sign languages reveals the signer's body consistently represents the subject, supporting its linguistic centrality.

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Linguistics
Psycholinguistics
Sign Language Studies

Background:

The subject argument in human language typically holds a privileged status across various linguistic levels.
This privileged status is observed in morphology, syntax, semantics, and discourse.
However, its status at the lexical level has been less explored, particularly in sign languages.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the lexical-level status of the subject argument.
To analyze lexicalization patterns in three different sign languages.
To provide evidence for the centrality of the subject in human language and resolve typological puzzles in sign language verb agreement.

Main Methods:

Analysis of lexicalization patterns of verbs in three sign languages.
Examination of the sublexical structure of iconic signs.
Investigating the form-meaning correspondence in sign language verb morphology.

Main Results:

Sign language verbs show an inherent pattern where the signer's body consistently represents the subject.
The hands represent other event components, including non-subject arguments.
This body-as-subject representation is part of the lexical structure of the verb.

Conclusions:

Sign languages offer novel evidence for the subject's centrality in human language.
The body's inherent representation of the subject explains its lexical privilege.
This finding resolves the typological puzzle of object primacy in sign language verb agreement.