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Direct linkWilcox, Phyllis Perin – Sign Language Studies, 2005
Ordinary language behavior in ASL reveals parallel cognitive structures that are both similar to and different from spoken-language behavior. This article focuses on the metaphorical similarities between English and ASL that are found in the metaphors "Mind is a container," and "Ideas are objects." Also examined are differences in metaphor…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Figurative Language, Cognitive Structures, Sign Language
Jarque, Maria-Josep – Sign Language Studies, 2005
This document illustrates that mental functioning and communication in Catalan Sign Language (LSC) are conceptual through metaphorical projection of bodily experiences. The data in this document show how concepts are grasped, put on student's heads, exchanged, manipulated, and so on, constituting instantiations of the basic metaphors: ideas are…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Cognitive Mapping, Sign Language, Foreign Countries
