Naturalness and Iconicity in Language

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Klaas Willems | Ghent University

Ludovic De Cuypere | Ghent University

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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
Published online on 19 December 2008

https://doi.org/10.1075/ill.7

Table of Contents

Contributors | pp. vii–viii

Editors | pp. ix–9

Introduction: Naturalness and iconicity in language

Ludovic De Cuypere and Klaas Willems | pp. 1–23

Philosophical naturalism and linguistic epistemology

Lia Formigari | pp. 25–46

Prolegomena to a general theory of iconicity considerations on language, gesture, and pictures

Göran Sonesson | pp. 47–72

Semiotic foundations of natural linguistics and diagrammatic iconicity

Winfried Nöth | pp. 73–100

Naturalness and markedness

Henning Andersen | pp. 101–119

Natural and unnatural sound patterns: A pocket field guide

Juliette Blevins | pp. 121–148

The iconic function of full inversion in English

José Carlos Prado-Alonso | pp. 149–165

What is iconic about polysemy? A contribution to research on diagrammatic Transparency

Daniela Marzo | pp. 167–187

Iconicity in sign languages

Eline Demey, Mieke Van Herreweghe and Myriam Vermeerbergen | pp. 189–214

Arbitrary structure, cognitive grammar, and the partes orationis. A study in Polish paradigms

Dylan Glynn | pp. 215–239

Name index | pp. 241–243

Subject index | pp. 245–249

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