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Degree and Not Type of Iconicity Affects Sign Language Vocabulary Acquisition

Lexical iconicity—signs or words that resemble their meaning—is over-represented in children’s early vocabularies. Embodied theories of language acquisition predict that symbols are more learnable when they are grounded in a child’s first-hand experiences. As such, pantomimic iconic signs, which use...

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Published in:J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn
Main Authors: Caselli, Naomi K., Pyers, Jennie
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6858483/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31094562
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000713
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