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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792038603321

Titolo

Iconic investigations [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Lars Ellestrom, Olga Fischer, Christina Ljungberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2013

ISBN

1-299-28375-6

90-272-7223-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (367 p.)

Collana

Iconicity in language and literature ; ; v. 12

Altri autori (Persone)

EllestròˆmLars <1960->

FischerOlga

LjungbergChristina

Disciplina

401/.4

Soggetti

Iconicity (Linguistics)

Semiotics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Iconicity and conceptualization -- pt. II. Visual iconicity -- pt. III. Auditory iconicity.

Sommario/riassunto

This paper proposes an integrated account of the formal and functional non-uniformity exhibited by sound-symbolic words based on a hierarchy of lexical iconicity (i.e., iconicity of words). It is argued that the more iconic a vocalized sign is, the less strongly it is constrained by the linguistic system. This crosslinguistic generalization is instantiated by the lexical availability, morphophonology, syntax, semantics, and acquisition of sound-symbolic words.