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