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The Motivated Sign.

This volume, a sequel to Form Miming Meaning (1999), offers a selection of papers given at the second international symposium on iconicity (Amsterdam 1999). In the light of semiotic, linguistic and literary theory the studies gathered here investigate how iconicity works on all levels of language, i...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fischer, Olga
Otros Autores: Nänny, Max
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2001.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This volume, a sequel to Form Miming Meaning (1999), offers a selection of papers given at the second international symposium on iconicity (Amsterdam 1999). In the light of semiotic, linguistic and literary theory the studies gathered here investigate how iconicity works on all levels of language, in literary texts and other forms of verbal discourse. They investigate, among other subjects, the semiotic foundations of iconicity, the role played by iconicity in language evolution and in the way words are positioned syntactically. Special consideration is given to the iconic nature of metaphor a.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (401 pages)
ISBN:9789027299338
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