Abstract: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. S...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 TopicsRead More
Publication Year: 1985
Publication Date: 1985-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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