Naturalness and iconicity in language /

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Imprint:	Amsterdam, NL : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2008.
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 249 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Iconicity in language and literature ; v. 7 Iconicity in language and literature ; v. 7.
Subject:	Naturalness (Linguistics) Iconicity (Linguistics) Language and languages -- Philosophy. Iconicity (Linguistics) Language and languages -- Philosophy. Naturalness (Linguistics)
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11196956

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Other authors / contributors:	Willems, Klaas. De Cuypere, Ludovic.
ISBN:	9789027243430 9027243433 9789027290762 9027290768 1282104810 9781282104815 9786612104817 6612104813
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes. English. Print version record.
Summary:	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 analy.
Other form:	Print version: Naturalness and iconicity in language. Amsterdam, NL : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2008

Table of Contents:

1. Contributors
2. Editors
3. Introduction: Naturalness and iconicity in language
4. Philosophical naturalism and linguistic epistemology
5. Prolegomena to a general theory of iconicity considerations on language, gesture, and pictures
6. Semiotic foundations of natural linguistics and diagrammatic iconicity
7. Naturalness and markedness
8. Natural and unnatural sound patterns: A pocket field guide
9. The\iconic function of full inversion in English
10. What is iconic about polysemy? A contribution to research on diagrammatic Transparency
11. Iconicity in sign languages
12. Arbitrary structure, cognitive grammar, and the partes orationis. A study in Polish paradigms
13. Name index
14. Subject index

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