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Distanceiconicity reflects the correspondence between formal distance and conceptual or semantic distance between linguistic components. The distance of linguistic form mirrors the conceptual or semantic distance.
A subset of visual iconicity involves a spatial iconicity. For instance, in Cummings's grasshopper poem ("r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r") the word "arriving" begins on the far right of the poem with the "a", the "r" is near t...
This paper argues that iconicity, and in particular iconicityofdistance, ofers a coherent and convincing explanation for minimally three global ordering phenomena in natural human language.
Jun 9, 2010 · This article argues with Haiman in maintaining that iconicity is not to be found primarily in the lexicon, at least not in the inventory of its roots, which are arbitrary for the most part.
Jan 26, 2024 · This contribution examines semantico-cognitive aspects of the spatio-temporal distance between the noun and other constituents, both inside and outside the noun phrase.
Feb 1, 2008 · However, Haspelmath presents data that suggest that an iconicityofdistance analysis, at least for possession constructions, must be revised as iconicity of length.
clarify the notion of distanceiconicity delimit it against other kinds of iconicity ask what kind of semantic property it is exactly that is mirrored by distance on the expression side of a linguistic sign.
Keywords Iconicityofdistance, syntax, semantics, modifiers, diachrony, universals
It will be argued that these ordering principles are formal manifestations of a single cognitive motivation or ‘diachronic force’ which is deemed to facilitate language processing: ICONICITYOFDISTANCE.
This contribution examines semantico-cognitive aspects of the spatio-temporal distance between the noun and other constituents, both inside and outside the noun phrase.
