Naturalness and Iconicity in Language
Editors
| Ghent University
| Ghent University
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
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Contributors | pp. vii–viii
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Editors | p. ix
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Introduction: Naturalness and iconicity in languageLudovic De Cuypere and Klaas Willems | pp. 1–23
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Philosophical naturalism and linguistic epistemologyLia Formigari | pp. 25–46
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Prolegomena to a general theory of iconicity considerations on language, gesture, and picturesGöran Sonesson | pp. 47–72
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Semiotic foundations of natural linguistics and diagrammatic iconicityWinfried Nöth | pp. 73–100
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Naturalness and markednessHenning Andersen | pp. 101–119
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Natural and unnatural sound patterns: A pocket field guideJuliette Blevins | pp. 121–148
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The iconic function of full inversion in EnglishJosé Carlos Prado-Alonso | pp. 149–165
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What is iconic about polysemy? A contribution to research on diagrammatic TransparencyDaniela Marzo | pp. 167–187
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Iconicity in sign languagesEline Demey, Mieke Van Herreweghe and Myriam Vermeerbergen | pp. 189–214
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Arbitrary structure, cognitive grammar, and the partes orationis. A study in Polish paradigmsDylan Glynn | pp. 215–239
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Name index | pp. 241–243
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Subject index | pp. 245–249
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Subjects & Metadata
Philosophy
BIC Subject: CFG – Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis
BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General