Meike Adam

List of John Benjamins publications for which Meike Adam plays a role.

Article

Adam, Meike, Wiebke Iversen, Erin Willkinson and Jill P. Morford 2007 Meaning on the one and on the other hand: Iconicity in native vs. foreign signed languagesInsistent Images, Tabakowska, Elżbieta, Christina Ljungberg and Olga Fischer (eds.), pp. 211–227 | Article
The present study investigates the effect of language-specific knowledge on iconicity ratings of native and foreign signs. German signers judged the iconicity and similarity of DGS (German Sign Language) and ASL (American Sign Language) signs. We found that iconicity ratings were higher for DGS… read more