Naturalness and Iconicity in Language
Published on 10. December 2008
Book
Hardback
249 pages
978-90-272-4343-0 (ISBN)
Description
Iconicity and naturalness remain controversial concepts in recent linguistic research. The present volume aims to scrutinize unresolved issues of iconicity and naturalness in language. The studies discuss topics such as naturalism in the philosophy of language and the epistemology of linguistics, linguistic iconicity in semiotics, iconic structures in Sign Languages, natural and unnatural sound patterns, the iconic nature of parts of speech, the relation between (un)markedness and naturalness, and lexical and syntactic iconicity. The research conducted is based on sound (meta)theoretical analyses and/or original empirical research. The data and innovative views presented are bound to spark discussion in an age-old debate that has lost nothing of its significance.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 164 mm
Weight
615 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-4343-0 (9789027243430)
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Klaas Willems | Ludovic De Cuypere
Naturalness and Iconicity in Language
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12/2008
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John Benjamins Publishing Company
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Content
1. Contributors; 2. Editors; 3. Introduction: Naturalness and iconicity in language (by De Cuypere, Ludovic); 4. Philosophical naturalism and linguistic epistemology (by Formigari, Lia); 5. Prolegomena to a general theory of iconicity considerations on language, gesture, and pictures (by Sonesson, Goran); 6. Semiotic foundations of natural linguistics and diagrammatic iconicity (by Noth, Winfried); 7. Naturalness and markedness (by Andersen, Henning); 8. Natural and unnatural sound patterns: A pocket field guide (by Blevins, Juliette); 9. The iconic function of full inversion in English (by Prado-Alonso, Jose Carlos); 10. What is iconic about polysemy? A contribution to research on diagrammatic Transparency (by Marzo, Daniela); 11. Iconicity in sign languages (by Demey, Eline); 12. Arbitrary structure, cognitive grammar, and the partes orationis. A study in Polish paradigms (by Glynn, Dylan); 13. Name index; 14. Subject index