AcknowledgementsThis manuscript is based on the master's dissertation completed by the second author with the first author as supervisor and the third author as co-supervisor. The authors wish to thank Dr. Jennifer Stephenson for her editorial assistance on this manuscript. Declaration of InterestThe authors report no conflict of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of this paper.Correspondence concerning this manuscript should be addressed to Alice Huguet, 3 Rue Philis de la Charce, 38000, Grenoble, France, Tel : 0033 6 01 21 37 57; alicehuguet19@gmail.com. AbstractThe purpose of this study was to examine the iconicity of 16 Picture Communication