%0 Journal Article
%A Ferrara, Lindsay
%A Halvorsen, Rolf Piene
%T Depicting and describing meanings with iconic signs in Norwegian Sign
Language
%D 2017
%J Gesture
%V 16
%N 3
%P 371-395
%@ 1568-1475
%R https://doi.org/10.1075/gest.00001.fer
%K Norwegian Sign Language
%K semiotic
%K languaging
%K iconicity
%K gesture
%I John Benjamins
%X There is growing momentum towards a theory of languaging that acknowledges the
diverse semiotic repertoires people use with each other. This paper contributes
to this goal by providing further evidence from signed language discourse. In
particular, we examine iconic signs from Norwegian Sign Language, which can be
interpreted as both “regular” lexical signs and token depictions. This dual
potential is manipulated by signers in context. We analyze these signs as
descriptions and depictions, two different
modes of representation. Then we compare these signs to some of the description
and depiction that occurs in spoken language discourse. In this way we aim to
present some of the advantages of using description and depiction in analyses of
communication and interaction. By doing this, we also forge links between the
languaging of speakers and the languaging of signers.
%U https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/gest.00001.fer