Erin Wilkinson
List of John Benjamins publications for which Erin Wilkinson plays a role.
Articles
2017 Iconicity is in the eye of the beholder: How language experience affects perceived iconicity Gesture 16:1, pp. 100–126 | Article
A renewed interest in understanding the role of iconicity in the structure and processing of signed languages is hampered by the conflation of iconicity and transparency in the definition and operationalization of iconicity as a variable. We hypothesize that iconicity is fundamentally different… read more
2016 Finding frequency effects in the usage of NOT collocations in American Sign Language Sign Language & Linguistics 19:1, pp. 82–123 | Article
This study explores whether American Sign Language (ASL) users exhibit frequency effects on two-sign combinations as observed in spoken languages. Studies on spoken languages have demonstrated that frequency of usage influences the emergence of grammatical constructions; however, there has been… read more
