Sign language encodes event structure through neuromotor dynamics: motion, muscle, and meaning
These results directly address current challenges in embodiment research by demonstrating replicable, interpretable neuromotor correlates of linguistic structure in a visual-manual modality. By capturing how grammatical distinctions are produced by manual articulators, we contribute high-resolution empirical data and analysis methods toward understanding embodied language and linguistic motor control. In addition, our results support the linguistic interpretation that telic verb signs are morphologically marked in a way that atelic verb signs are not.
Authors
- Hermann Schwameder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0380-8801)
- Eric Harbour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0113-5217)
- Ronnie Β. Wilbur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7081-9351)
- Evie Malaia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4700-0257)
- Julia Krebs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4990-4142)
- Dietmar Roehm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2370-4348)
- Julia Martetschläger
Institutions
- University of Alabama (US)
- University of Salzburg (AT)
- Purdue University West Lafayette (US)
- Pädagogische Hochschule Salzburg (AT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Published
- 2025-10-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1689676
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Hearing Impairment and Communication
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.44