Sign language phonological parameters are somewhat analogous to phonemes in spoken language. Unlike phonemes, however, there is little linguistic literature arguing that these parameters interact at the sublexical level. This situation raises the question of whether such interaction in spoken language phonology is an artifact of the modality or whether sign language phonology has not been approached in a way that allows one to recognize sublexical parameter interaction. We present three studies in favor of the latter alternative: a shape-drawing study with deaf signers from six countries, an online dictionary study of American Sign Language, and a study of selected lexical items across 34 sign languages. These studies show that, once iconicity is considered, handshape and movement parameters interact at the sublexical level. Thus, consideration of iconicity makes transparent similarities in grammar across both modalities, allowing us to maintain certain key findings of phonological theory as evidence of cognitive architecture.

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手语与手语动作的相关性

手语语音参数有点类似于口语中的音素。然而，与音素不同的是，很少有语言学文献认为这些参数在亚词汇水平上相互作用。这种情况提出了这样一个问题，即口语音韵学中的这种交互是否是模态的人工制品，或者手语音韵学是否没有以一种允许人们识别亚词汇参数交互的方式进行处理。我们提出了三项支持后一种选择的研究：一项对来自六个国家的聋人手语者的绘图研究、一项关于美国手语的在线词典研究，以及一项对 34 种手语的选定词汇项的研究。这些研究表明，一旦考虑象似性，手形和运动参数就会在亚词汇水平上相互作用。因此，