PUBLICATIONS and EDITORSHIP (reverse chronological order)
Debreslioska, S., Kuder, A., & Perniss, P. (submitted). How Language Modality Influences the Use of Palm-Up Open Hand Gestures – Cross-linguistic and Cross-modal Comparisons of German and DG Sign Language).
de Souza Santos, T., Dietrich, A., Steinbach, P., & Perniss, P. (submitted). Differential Object Marking (DOM) in DGS: the use of AUF based on naturalistic data.
de Souza Santos, T., Dietrich, A., & Perniss, P. (submitted). The interaction of the differential object marker PAM with other prominence hierarchies in syntax in German Sign Language (DGS).
Schiefner, A., Ortega, G., & Perniss, P. (submitted). Iconic strategies in two unrelated sign languages: How iconicity drives form overlap in concrete and abstract concepts.
Motamedi, Y., Murgiano, M., Grzyb, B., Gu, Y., Brieke, R., Kewenig, V., Marshall, C., Wonnacott, E., Perniss, P., Vigliocco, G. (2024). Language development beyond the here-and-now: iconicity and displacement in child-directed communication. Child Development.
Mertz, J., Pagel, L., Perniss, P., Turco, G., & Mücke, D. (2024). Coarticulation in sign language: A kinematic study on French Sign Language (LSF) using Electromagnetic Articulography (EMA). In: Proceedings of the 13th International Seminar on Speech Production (ISSP), Autrans, France, 13-17 May 2024).
Spruijt, D., Perniss, P., & Schumacher, P. (2023). The contribution of individual parameters to perceived iconicity and transparency in gesture-sign pairs. FEAST (Formal and Experimental Advances in Sign Language Theory), Vol.5, 194-209.
Motamedi, Y., Murgiano, M., Perniss, P., Wonnacott, E., Marshall, C., Goldin-Meadow, S., & G. Vigliocco (2021). Linking language to sensory experience: onomatopoeia in early language development. Developmental Science, 24(3). doi: 10.1111/desc.13066
Perniss, P. (2020). Use of sign space - experimental perspectives. In J. Quer, R. Pfau, A. Herrmann (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Theoretical and Experimental Sign Language Research, Chapter 17. Milton: Routledge.
Perniss, P., Vinson, D., & Vigliocco, G. (2020). Making sense of the hands and mouth: the role of "secondary" cues to meaning in British Sign Language and English. Cognitive Science 44(7), e12868. DOI: 10.1111/cogs.12868.
Dingemanse, M., Perlman, M., & Perniss, P. (2020). Construals of iconicity: Experimental approaches to form-meaning resemblances in language. Language and Cognition 12(1), 1-14. doi:10.1017/langcog.2019.48.
Perniss, P., Fischer, O., & Ljungberg, C. (Eds.) (2020). Operationalizing Iconicity. Iconicity in Language and Literature 17. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Perniss, P. (2020). Introduction. In P. Perniss, O. Fischer & C. Ljungberg (Eds.), Operationalizing Iconicity, pp. ix-xii. Iconicity in Language and Literature 17. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Vigliocco, G., Motamedi, Y., Murgiano, M., Wonnacott, E., Marshall, C. R., Milan Maillo, I., & Perniss, P. (2019). Onomatopoeias, gestures, actions and words in the input to children: How do caregivers use multimodal cues in their communication to children? Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Cognitive Science Society, Austin, TX.
Perniss, P. (2018). Why We Should Study Multimodal Language. Frontiers in Psychology 9, 1109. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01109.
Perniss, P. (2018). Review of Cornelia Müller, Alan Cienki, Ellen Fricke, Silvia Ladewig, David McNeill, Sedinha Teßendorf (Eds.) (2014): Body - language - communication. An international handbook on multimodality in human interaction (vol 1 & 2). Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. Linguistische Berichte, 253.
Perniss, P., Lu, J., Morgan, G., & Vigliocco, G. (2017). Mapping language to the world: The role of iconicity in the sign language input. Developmental Science. ISSN 1363-755X
Sümer, B., Perniss, P., & Özyürek, A. (2017). A first study on the development of spatial viewpoint in sign language acquisition. In: Ketrez, F.N., Küntay, A.C., Özcaliskan, S. & Özyürek, A. (Eds.), Social Environment and Cognition in Language Development: Studies in honor of Ayhan Aksu-Koç, pp. 223-240. Trends in Language Acquisition Research. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Vinson, D., Perniss, P., Fox, N., & Vigliocco, G. (2016). Comprehending sentences with the body: Action compatibility in British Sign Language? Cognitive Science, 1-28.
Sümer, B., Perniss, P., & Özyürek (2016). Viewpoint preferences in signing children's spatial descriptions. In Proceedings of the 40th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD 40). Boston: Cascadilla Press.
Sümer, B., Zwitserlood, I., Perniss, P., & Özyürek, A. (2016). Yer Bildiren Ifadelerin Türkçe ve Türk İşaret Dili'nde (TİD) Çocuklar Tarafından Edinimi [The acquisition of spatial relations by children in Turkish and Turkish Sign Language (TİD)]. In E. Arik (Ed.), Ellerle Konuşmak: Türk İşaret Dili Araştırmaları [Speaking with hands: Studies on Turkish Sign Language] (pp. 157-182). Istanbul: Koç University Press.
Perniss, P., Zwitserlood, I., & Özyürek, A. (2015). Does space structure spatial language? A comparison of spatial expression across sign languages. Language 91(3), 611-641.
Pyers, J., Perniss, P., & Emmorey, K. (2015). Viewpoint in the Visual-Spatial Modality: The Coordination of Spatial Perspective. Spatial Cognition and Computation 15(3), 143-169.
Perniss, P. (2015). Collecting and Analyzing Sign Language Data: Video Requirements and Use of Annotation Software. In Orfanidou, E., Woll, B., & Morgan, G. (Eds.), Research Methods in Sign Language Studies: A Practical Guide, pp. 55-73. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Perniss, P., & Özyürek, A. (2015). Visible cohesion: A comparison of reference tracking in sign, speech, and co-speech gesture. Topics in Cognitive Science, 7(1), 36-60.
Perniss, P., Özyürek, A., & Morgan, G. (2015). The influence of the visual modality on language structure and language conventionalization: Insights from sign language and gesture. Topics in Cognitive Science 7(1), 2-11.
Perniss, P., Özyürek, A. & Morgan, G. (Eds.) (2015). The influence of the visual modality on language structure and conventionalization: Insights from sign language and gesture [Special Issue]. Topics in Cognitive Science, 7(1).
Perniss, P., & Vigliocco, G. (2014). The bridge of iconicity: From a world of experience to the experience of language. Phil. Trans. Royal Society B. 369(1651), 20130300, 1-13.
Vigliocco, G., Perniss, P., & Vinson, D. (2014). Language as a Multimodal Phenomenon: Implications for Language Learning, Processing, and Evolution. Introduction to Theme Issue Phil. Trans. Royal Society B. 369(1651), 20130292, 1-7.
Vigliocco, G., Perniss, P., Thompson, R., & Vinson, D. (Eds.) (2014). Language as a Multimodal Phenomenon: Implications for Language Learning, Processing, and Evolution. Issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 369(1651).
Sümer, B., Perniss, P., Zwitserlood, I., & Özyürek, A. (2014). Learning to express "left-right" & "front-back" in a sign versus spoken language. In Bello, P., Guarini, M., McShane, M., & Scassellati, B. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 36th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, pp. 1550-1555. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
Debrelioska, S., Özyürek, A., Gullberg, M., & Perniss, P. (2013). Gestural Viewpoint Signals Referent Accessibility. Discourse Processes 50(7), 431-456.
Sümer, B., Zwitserlood, I., Perniss, P., & Özyürek, A. (2013). Acquisition of locative expressions in children learning Turkish Sign Language (TİD) and Turkish. In E. Arık (Ed.), Current directions in Turkish Sign Language research (pp. 243-272). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Zwitserlood, I., Perniss, P., & Özyürek, A. (2013). Expression of multiple entities in Turkish Sign Language (TİD). In E. Arık (Ed.), Current Directions in Turkish Sign Language Research (pp. 272-302). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Perniss, P., Vinson, D., Fox, N., & Vigliocco, G. (2013). Comprehending with the body: Action compatibility in sign language? In M. Knauff, M. Pauen, N. Sebanz, & I. Wachsmuth (Eds.), Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, pp. 1133-1138. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
Perniss, P., Vinson, D., Seifart, F., & Vigliocco, G. (2012). Speaking of shape: the effects of linguistic encoding on the semantic representation of objects. Language and Cognition 4(3), 223-242.
Zwitserlood, I., Perniss, P. & Özyürek, A. (2012). An empirical investigation of expression of multiple entities in Turkish Sign Language (TİD): Considering the effects of modality. Lingua 122, 1636-1667.
Perniss, P. (2012). Use of Sign Space. In Pfau, R., Steinbach, M., & Woll, B. (Eds.), Sign language: An international handbook, pp. 412-431. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Sümer, B., Zwitserlood, I., Perniss, P., & Özyürek, A. (2012). Development of locative expressions by Turkish deaf and hearing children: Are there modality effects? In A. K. Biller, E. Y. Chung, & A. E. Kimball (Eds.), BUCLD 36: Proceedings of the 36th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, Volume 2, pp. 568-580. Boston: Cascadilla Press.
Özyürek, A., & Perniss, P. (2011). Event representations in signed languages. In: Pedersen, E. & Bohnemeyer, J. (Eds.), Event Representation in Language. Encoding Events at the Language-Cognition Interface, pp. 84-107. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Perniss, P., Özyürek, A. & Zwitserlood, I. (2011). Does Space Structure Spatial Language? Linguistic Encoding of Space in Sign Languages. In L. Carlson, C. Hölscher, & T. Shipley (Eds.), Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, pp. 1595-1600. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
Perniss, P., Thompson, R.L., & Vigliocco, G. (2010). Iconicity as a General Property of Language: Evidence from Spoken and Signed Languages. Frontiers in Psychology 1, 227.
Özyürek, A., Zwitserlood, I., & Perniss, P. (2010). Locative expressions in signed languages: A view from Turkish Sign Language (TİD). Linguistics 48-5, 1111-1145.
Perniss, P., & Zeshan, U. (2008). Possession and existence in Kata Kolok. In Zeshan, U., & Perniss, P. (Eds.), Possessive and existential constructions in sign languages. Nijmegen: Ishara Press.
Perniss, P., & Zeshan, U. (2008). Possessive and existential constructions: Introduction and overview. In Zeshan, U., & Perniss, P. (Eds.), Possessive and existential constructions in sign languages. Nijmegen: Ishara Press.
Zeshan, U., & Perniss, P. (Eds.) (2008). Possessive and existential constructions in sign languages. Sign Language Typology Series, No. 2. Nijmegen: Ishara Press.
Perniss, P., & Özyürek, A. (2008). Representations of action, motion, and location in sign space: A comparison of German (DGS) and Turkish (TİD) Sign Language narratives. In: Quer, J. (Ed.), Leading research in sign language. Selected papers from TISLR 8. Hamburg: Signum Verlag.
Zwitserlood, I, Özyürek, A., & Perniss, P. (2008). Annotation of sign and gesture cross-linguistically, In: Crasborn, O., Hanke, T., Efthimiou, E., Zwitserlood, I., & Thoutenhoofd, E. (Eds.), Construction and Exploitation of Sign Language Corpora. 3rd Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages, pp. 185-190. Paris: ELDA.
Perniss, P. (2008). Space and iconicity in German Sign Language (DGS). Dissertation abstract, MPI Series in Psycholinguistics 45, Radboud University, Nijmegen, 2007. Sign Language & Linguistics 11:1, 123-129.
Perniss, P. (2007). Achieving spatial coherence in German Sign Language narratives: The use of classifiers and perspective. Lingua 117, 1315-1338.
Perniss, P., Pfau, R., & Steinbach, M. (2007). Can't you see the difference? Sources of variation in sign language structure. In: Perniss, P., Pfau, R., & Steinbach, M. (Eds.), Visible Variation: Comparative studies on sign language structure, pp. 1-34. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Perniss, P., Pfau, R., & Steinbach, M. (Eds.) (2007). Visible Variation: Comparative studies on sign language structure. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Perniss, P. (2007). Locative Functions of Simultaneous Perspective Constructions in German Sign Language Narratives. In: M. Vermeerbergen, L. Leeson, & O. Crasborn (Eds.), Simultaneity in Signed Languages: Form and Function, pp. 27-54. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Perniss, P. (2007). Space and iconicity in German Sign Language (DGS). MPI Series in Psycholinguistics 45, Radboud University Nijmegen. (PhD dissertation)