Naturalness and iconicity in language /:

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, li...

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Weitere Verfasser: Willems, Klaas, De Cuypere, Ludovic
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam, NL : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2008.
Schriftenreihe:Iconicity in language and literature ; v. 7.
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Zusammenfassung: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 analy.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (viii, 249 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789027243430
9027243433
9789027290762
9027290768
1282104810
9781282104815
9786612104817
6612104813

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