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Mappings in conceptual space: Metonymy, metaphor, and iconicity in two signed languages

Sherman Wilcox
E-mail: wilcox@unm.edu
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Phyllis Perrin Wilcox
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Maria Josep Jarque
Universitat de Barcelona
Abstract: In this paper we present lexical data documenting the interaction of metonymy, metaphor, and iconicity in two signed languages, American Sign Language (ASL) and Catalan Sign Language (LSC). The basis ...