
Iconicity in Language
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- ICONICITY IN LANGUAGE
- Editorial page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Table of contents
- Foreword Under the Sign of Cratylus
- Notes
- References
- I. History of Linguistics
- Criticisms of the Arbitrariness of Languagein Leibniz and Vico and the 'Natural'Philosophy of Language
- Appendix
- Notes
- References
- II. Semiotic Theory
- Interactions between Iconicity and Other Semiotic Parameters in Language
- Notes
- References
- Iconicity and/or Arbitrariness
- Appendix
- Notes
- References
- Isomorphism in the Grammatical Code Cognitive and Biological Considerations
- 1. Isomorphic vs. arbitrary coding
- 2. Principles of iconic coding
- 3. Combining iconic and conventional elements
- 4. The biological basis of iconic codes
- 5. Closure
- 6. Markedness as meta-iconicity
- NOTES
- REFERENCES
- The Icon as an Abductive Process towards Identity
- Notes
- III. Language Description and Linguistic Theory
- The Iconic Index: from Sound Change to Rhyming Slang
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Iconicity and Change
- 3. Drastic Changes
- 4. Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Iconicity in Grammaticalization Processes
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Iconicity vs. Transparency
- 3. Evidence from Acquisition and from Pidgins and Creoles
- 4. Language Change and Analogy
- 5. Exploring Parallel Developments: the Acquisition of Tense-Mood-Aspect morphology
- 6. Some Concluding Remarks
- Notes
- References
- Iconicity between Indicativity and Predicativity
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Iconicity between Indicativity and Predicativity in Numeration
- 3. Conclusion
- Note
- References
- Iconic Aspects of Syntax: A Pragmatic Approach
- 1. Preliminaries
- 2. A Paradigm Theory of Iconic Syntax
- 3. 'Iconic' and 'Diagrammatic' Syntax
- 4. Pragmatic Considerations: Utterances as Tools for Actions
- 5. Conclusion: Limitations of the Arbitrariness Paradigm
- Notes
- References
- Figure and Ground in Second Language Narratives: Traces of Iconicity
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Figure/Ground Distinction: Formal and Substantive Criteria
- 3. The Linguistic Mechanisms and Communicative Strategies of Grounding: Hypotheses
- 4. Corpus Characteristics
- 5. Analysis of Narratives
- 6. Surface Signals of Figure/Ground and Iconicity
- 7. Conclusions
- Transcript notation
- Notes
- References
- Morphological Markedness in L2 Acquisition
- 1. Introduction: Theoretical Background
- 2. Morphological Development in a Notional Perspective
- 3. A Formal Perspective
- 4. Conclusions
- Notes
- References
- IV. Sign Systems Other than Verbal Language
- Terms for Spatio-Temporal Relations in Italian Sign Language
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Methodology and Data
- 3. Spatio-Temporal Terms for Priority and Antecedence in LIS
- 4. Iconic Features of the LIS Spatio-Temporal Terms Compared with Spoken Language Terms
- 5. Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Creative Iconic Gestures: Some Evidence from Aphasics
- 1. Codified and Creative Gestures
- 2. Nouns by Words and Nouns by Gestures
- 3. Iconic Creative Gestures in Aphasics
- 4. Method
- 5. Results and Discussion
- Notes
- References
- Iconicity in Children's First Written Texts
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Trends in the Development of Children's Theories on Writing
- 3. Formal Versus Meaning Differentiation: The Cases of the Diminutive and the Plural Forms in the Italian System
- 4. The Syllabic Evolution: Toward a Stable and Conventional Sound Value
- 5. Interpreting Words with and without Letter Duplication with Related Meanings
- 6. Writing Different Types of Text: What Changes?
- 7. Final comments
- References
- Index
- The series Current Issues in Linguistic Theory
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