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Iconicity in syntax : proceedings of a Symposium on Iconicity in Syntax, Stanford, June 24-6, 1983 /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Symposium on Iconicity in Syntax Stanford, Calif.
Otros Autores: Haiman, John
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1985.
Colección:Typological studies in language ; v. 6.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ICONICITY IN SYNTAX; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; INTRODUCTION; PART I: MOTIVATION; DIAGRAMMATIC ICONICITY IN STEM-INFLECTION RELATIONS; TEMPORAL SEQUENCE AND CHINESE WORD ORDER; SYMMETRY; THE INHERENT ICONISM OF INTONATION; OBSERVATIONS AND SPECULATIONS ON SUBJECTIVITY; THE ICONICITY OF THE UNIVERSAL CATEGORIES 'NOUN' AND 'VERBS'; PART II: ISOMORPHISM AND AUTOMORPHISM; ICONICITY, ISOMORPHISM AND NON-ARBITRARY CODING IN SYNTAX; THE CHILD AS LINGUISTIC ICON-MAKER; ICONICITY AND GRAMMATICAL MEANING
  • SOME ICONIC RELATIONSHIPS AMONG PLACE, TIME, AND DISCOURSE DEIXISCONDITIONAL MARKERS; PART III: COMPETING MOTIVATIONS; OATS AND WHEAT: THE FALLACY OF ARBITRARINESS; COMPETING MOTIVATIONS; THE ANALYIS-SYNTHESIS-LEXIS CYCLE IN TIBETO-BURMAN: A CASE STUDY IN MOTIVATED CHANGE; INDEX OF LANGUAGES; INDEX OF NAMES (excluding self-citation); INDEX OF TOPICS; The series Typological Studies in Language