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Dingemanse, Mark ORCID: 0000-0002-3290-5723, Perlman, Marcus and Perniss, Pamela (2020). Construals of iconicity: experimental approaches to form-meaning resemblances in language. Lang. Cogn., 12 (1). S. 1 - 15. CAMBRIDGE: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS. ISSN 1866-9859

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Abstract

While speculations on form-meaning resemblances in language go back millennia, the experimental study of iconicity is only about a century old. Here we take stock of experimental work on iconicity and present a double special issue with a diverse set of new contributions. We contextualise the work by introducing a typology of approaches to iconicity in language. Some approaches construe iconicity as a discrete property that is either present or absent; others treat it as involving semiotic relationships that come in kinds; and yet others see it as a gradient substance that comes in degrees. We show the benefits and limitations that come with each of these construals and stress the importance of developing accounts that can fluently switch between them. With operationalisations of iconicity that are well defined yet flexible enough to deal with differences in tasks, modalities, and levels of analysis, experimental research on iconicity is well equipped to contribute to a comprehensive science of language.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Dingemanse, Mark UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-3290-5723 UNSPECIFIED Perlman, Marcus UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Perniss, Pamela UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-343421
DOI:	10.1017/langcog.2019.48
Journal or Publication Title:	Lang. Cogn.
Volume:	12
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 1 - 15
Date:	2020
Publisher:	CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Place of Publication:	CAMBRIDGE
ISSN:	1866-9859
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Human Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Human Sciences > Department Heilpädagogik und Rehabilitation
Subjects:	Education Language, Linguistics
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language SIGN-LANGUAGE; ANALOGY Multiple languages Linguistics; Language & Linguistics; Psychology, Experimental Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/34342