Göran Sonesson
List of John Benjamins publications in which Göran Sonesson is involved.
Articles
2022 The intricate dialectics of iconization and structuration Iconicity in Cognition and across Semiotic Systems, Lenninger, Sara, Olga Fischer, Christina Ljungberg and Elżbieta Tabakowska (eds.), pp. 11–26 | Chapter
The distinction between primary and secondary iconic signs, which I first made with regard to pictures, has been applied by other scholars to language, gesture, and music. Taking stock of this process, it has become necessary to clarify the distinction, insisting on the fact that secondary… read more
2008 Prolegomena to a general theory of iconicity considerations on language, gesture, and pictures Naturalness and Iconicity in Language, Willems, Klaas and Ludovic De Cuypere (eds.), pp. 47–72 | Article
Too often the word “iconicity” is used simply as a scientifically sounding term for similarity. In order to develop a real theory of iconicity, it is not enough, but perhaps a good start, to return to Peirce. In this paper, I use the reconstruction of the notion of iconicity inspired by my work in… read more
2007 The extensions of man revisited: From primary to tertiary embodiment Embodiment in Cognition and Culture, Krois, John Michael, Mats Rosengren, Angela Steidele and Dirk Westerkamp (eds.), pp. 27–53 | Article