This 8-minute video captures pairs of Deaf signers, engaged in a playful guessing game of iconic signs—gestures that visually resemble their meaning, such as mimicking drinking from a cup. The...
This 8-minute video captures pairs of Deaf signers, engaged in a playful guessing game of iconic signs—gestures that visually resemble their meaning, such as mimicking drinking from a cup. The game explores how understanding can cross language boundaries through shared visual intuition, highlighting the role of iconicity in sign languages. A voice-over narrates a text about iconicity, but as the guessing game unfolds, the narrator becomes increasingly distracted, drawn into the playful tension of the players.