This paper proposes an integrated account of the formal and functional non-uniformity exhibited by sound-symbolic words based on a hierarchy of lexical iconicity (i.e., iconicity of words). It is argued that the more iconic a vocalized sign is, the less strongly it is constraine…
The motivated sign: a selection of papers given at the second interna…
by Norrman, Ralf, Goh, Robbie B. H., Nöth, Winfried, Sadowski, Piotr, Anderson, Earl R., Herlofsky, William J., International and Interdisciplinary Symposium on Iconicity in Language and Literature (2, 1999, Amsterdam), White, John J., Henry, Anne C.
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How does an image become iconic? In this book, the author, an art historian offers a look at the main types of visual icons. This work illuminates eleven universally recognized images, both historical and contemporary, to see how they arose and how they continue to function in o…
