Iconicity in Syntax

Proceedings of a symposium on iconicity in syntax, Stanford, June 24–26, 1983

Gebonden Engels 1985 9789027228727
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The papers in this volume all explore one kind of functional explanation for various aspects of linguistic form – iconicity: linguistic forms are frequently the way they are because they resemble the conceptual structures they are used to convey, or, linguistic structures resemble each other because the different conceptual domains they represent are thought of in the same way. The papers in Part I of this volume deal with aspects of motivation, the ways in which the linguistic form is a diagram of conceptual structure, and homologous with it in interesting ways. Most of the papers in Part II focus on isomorphism, the tendency to associate a single invariant meaning with each single invariant form. The papers in Part III deal with the apparent arbitrariness that arises from competing motivations.

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ISBN13:9789027228727
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:408
Uitgever:John Benjamins Publishing Co

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1. Introduction (by Haiman, John); 2. Part I: Motivation; 3. Diagrammatic iconicity in stem-inflection relations (by Bybee, Joan L.); 4. Temporal sequence and Chinese word order (by Tai, James H-Y.); 5. Symmetry (by Haiman, John); 6. The inherent iconism of intonation (by Bolinger, Dwight); 7. Observations and speculations on subjectivity (by Langacker, Ronald W.); 8. The iconicity of the universal categories "noun" and "verb" (by Hopper, Paul J.); 9. Part II: Isomorphism and automorphism; 10. Iconicity, isomorphism, and non-arbitrary coding in syntax (by Givon, T.); 11. The Child as a linguistic icon-maker (by Slobin, Dan I.); 12. Iconicity and grammatical meaning (by Kirsner, Robert S.); 13. some iconic relationships among place, time, and discourse deixis (by Greenberg, Joseph H.); 14. Conditional markers (by Traugott, Elizabeth Closs); 15. Part III: Competing motivations; 16. "oats" and "wheat": the fallacy of arbitrariness (by Wierzbicka, Anna); 17. Competing motivations (by Du Bois, John W.); 18. The analysis-synthesis-lexis cycle in Tibeto-Bruman: a case study in motivated change (by DeLancey, Scott); 19. Index of Languages; 20. Index of Names; 21. Index of Topics

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