Naturalness and Iconicity in Language

Editors

Klaas Willems

| Ghent University

Ludovic De Cuypere

| Ghent University

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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.

[Iconicity in Language and Literature, 7] 2008. ix, 249 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/ill.7

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii–viii
Editors	ix
Introduction: Naturalness and iconicity in language Ludovic De Cuypere and Klaas Willems	1–23
Philosophical naturalism and linguistic epistemology Lia Formigari	25–46
Prolegomena to a general theory of iconicity considerations on language, gesture, and pictures Göran Sonesson	47–72
Semiotic foundations of natural linguistics and diagrammatic iconicity Winfried Nöth	73–100
Naturalness and markedness Henning Andersen	101–119
Natural and unnatural sound patterns: A pocket field guide Juliette Blevins	121–148
The iconic function of full inversion in English José Carlos Prado-Alonso	149–165
What is iconic about polysemy? A contribution to research on diagrammatic Transparency Daniela Marzo	167–187
Iconicity in sign languages Eline Demey, Mieke Van Herreweghe and Myriam Vermeerbergen	189–214
Arbitrary structure, cognitive grammar, and the partes orationis. A study in Polish paradigms Dylan Glynn	215–239
Name index	241–243
Subject index	245–249

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Subjects

Linguistics

Historical linguistics

Semiotics

Semantics

Theoretical linguistics

Philosophy

BIC Subject: CFG – Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis

BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General

U.S. Library of Congress Control Number: 2008040255