Limiting the iconic :: from the metatheoretical foundations to the creative possibilities of iconicity in language /

Iconicity has become a popular notion in contemporary linguistic research. This book is the first to present a synthesis of the vast amount of scholarship on linguistic iconicity which has been produced in the previous decades, ranging from iconicity in phonology and morpho-syntax to the role of ico...

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1. Verfasser: De Cuypere, Ludovic
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2008.
Schriftenreihe:Iconicity in language and literature ; v. 6.
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Zusammenfassung:Iconicity has become a popular notion in contemporary linguistic research. This book is the first to present a synthesis of the vast amount of scholarship on linguistic iconicity which has been produced in the previous decades, ranging from iconicity in phonology and morpho-syntax to the role of iconicity in language change. An extensive analysis is provided of some basic but nonetheless fundamental questions relating to iconicity in language, including: what is a linguistic sign and how are linguistic signs different from signs in general? What is an iconic sign and how may iconicity be invol.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 286 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-274) and indexes.
ISBN:9789027290779
9027290776
1282105426
9781282105423
ISSN:1873-5037 ;

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