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Area of Science:

  • Psycholinguistics
  • Sign Language Linguistics
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

Background:

  • Iconicity, the perceived resemblance between a sign's form and its meaning, is a feature of sign languages.
  • The role of iconicity in sign language processing, particularly lexical retrieval, remains an active area of research.
  • Understanding how task demands influence the processing of sign language features like iconicity is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of iconicity on sign lexical retrieval.
  • To determine if task demands modulate iconicity effects in sign language.
  • To examine the interplay between iconicity, lexical frequency, and task type in sign production.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized behavioral and electrophysiological measures (ERPs) with 22 Deaf bimodal bilinguals.
  • Employed a picture naming task in Catalan Sign Language (Llengua de Signes Catalana, LSC).
  • Conducted a word-to-sign translation task (Spanish written-words to LSC).
  • Manipulated lexical frequency to assess sign processing.

Main Results:

  • Iconicity effects were observed in the picture naming task (behaviorally and via ERPs).
  • No significant iconicity effects were found in the word-to-sign translation task.
  • Lexical frequency effects were present in both tasks, with earlier ERP effects in translation.
  • ERPs indicated different processing pathways based on task demands.

Conclusions:

  • Iconicity's influence on sign language is not universal but is modulated by specific task requirements.
  • Picture naming tasks emphasize iconicity due to semantic-to-phonological retrieval of sign representations.
  • Word-to-sign translation tasks may involve more direct access, attenuating iconicity effects.