Table 2.

Iconicity scores (1 = not iconic at all; 7 = very iconic) and degree of phonological overlap (out of 5 features) for each sign item-pair. Values were taken from ASL-LEX, a database of lexical and phonological properties of signs in ASL.

Item Pair (iconicity score 1–7)	Number ofmatched features	Matched features
bear (3.0)—doll (1.2)	1	Movement
cat (4.6)—bird (4.5)	3	Selected Fingers, Major Location, Sign Type
car (6.2)—book (6.7)	4	Selected Fingers, Major Location, Movement, Sign Type
ball (5.7)—shoe (1.5)	4	Selected Fingers, Major Location, Movement, Sign Type