Chapter published in:
Operationalizing IconicityEdited by Pamela Perniss, Olga Fischer and Christina Ljungberg
[Iconicity in Language and Literature 17] 2020
► pp. 76–103
Pathways of de-iconization
How borrowing, semantic evolution, and regular sound changes obscure iconicity
Maria Flaksman | St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical
University, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
The present chapter addresses various issues of
de-iconization of iconic (mainly onomatopoeic) words, in particular,
in the course of their regular phonetic and semantic development.
These processes are described with an emphasis on word’s etymology,
examples being drawn from modern and ancient Germanic languages. The
chapter proposes a classification of various form transformations
that lead to de-iconization.
Published online: 13 May 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/ill.17.05fla
https://doi.org/10.1075/ill.17.05fla
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