Semiotic foundations of iconicity in language and literature

Nöth, Winfried

doi:10.1075/ill.2.05not

In:The Motivated Sign
Edited by Olga Fischer and Max Nänny
[Iconicity in Language and Literature 2] 2001
► pp. 17–28

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Semiotic foundations of iconicity in language and literature

Winfried Nöth | University of Kassel and Catholic University of São Paulo

Published online: 8 March 2001

https://doi.org/10.1075/ill.2.05not

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