Winfried Nöth
List of John Benjamins publications for which Winfried Nöth plays a role.
2022 Iconicity of symmetries in language and in literature Iconicity in Cognition and across Semiotic Systems, Lenninger, Sara, Olga Fischer, Christina Ljungberg and Elżbieta Tabakowska (eds.), pp. 79–102 | Chapter
The paper discusses mirror symmetry, translational symmetry, and antisymmetry as the main types of symmetry of relevance to the study of language and literature. Based on the distinction between self-referential and alloreferential iconicity, it examines to what extent patterns of symmetry are… read more
2020 The iconic, indexical, and symbolic in language: Overlaps, inclusions, and exclusions Operationalizing Iconicity, Perniss, Pamela, Olga Fischer and Christina Ljungberg (eds.), pp. 307–326 | Chapter
The paper examines diverse forms of overlap between iconic, indexical, and symbolic signs in language. Against linguists who postulate such hybrids as “iconic symbols” or “indexical symbols” in language, it argues that in such cross-classifications of verbal signs, symbols are confounded with… read more
2015 Three paradigms of iconicity research in language and literature Iconicity: East meets West, Hiraga, Masako K., William J. Herlofsky, Kazuko Shinohara and Kimi Akita (eds.), pp. 13–34 | Article
The paper discusses the characteristics of icons in the framework of C. S. Peirce’s sign classification and distinguishes three approaches to the study of verbal iconicity. The first investigates how the form of spoken or written language is similar to the meaning it represents. Studies within this… read more
2008 Semiotic foundations of natural linguistics and diagrammatic iconicity Naturalness and Iconicity in Language, Willems, Klaas and Ludovic De Cuypere (eds.), pp. 73–100 | Article
The paper examines the semiotic foundations of Natural Linguistics with special reference to diagrammatic iconicity. In accordance with C. S. Peirce’s semiotics, naturalness in language is described as a substratum of iconic, indexical, and symbolic signs. Diagrammatic iconicity in language is more… read more
2001 Semiotic foundations of iconicity in language and literature The Motivated Sign, Fischer, Olga and Max Nänny (eds.), pp. 17–28 | Article
1985 Semiotic aspects of metaphor The Ubiquity of Metaphor: Metaphor in language and thought, Paprotté, Wolf and René Dirven † (eds.), pp. 1–16 | Article