ISBN:
9789027296313
,
9027296316
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xiii, 441 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Symposium on Iconicity in Language and Literature (3rd : 2001 : Jena, Germany) From sign to signing
DDC:
302.2
Keywords:
Iconicity (Linguistics) Congresses
;
Philology Congresses
;
Sign language Congresses
;
Semiotics Congresses
;
Iconicité Congrès
;
Philologie Congrès
;
Langage par signes Congrès
;
Signe (Linguistique) Congrès
;
Philology Congresses
;
Sign language Congresses
;
Semiotics Congresses
;
Iconicity (Linguistics) Congresses
;
Philology
;
Semiotics
;
Sign language
;
Iconiciteit
;
Taal
;
Letterkunde
;
Conference papers and proceedings
;
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Communication Studies
;
Iconicity (Linguistics)
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books Conference proceedings
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Konferenzschrift 2001
;
Conference papers and proceedings
Abstract:
This volume, a sequel to Form Miming Meaning (1999) and The Motivated Sign (2001), offers a selection of papers given at the Third International Symposium on Iconicity in Language and Literature (Jena 2001). The studies collected here present a number of new departures. Special consideration is given to the way non-linguistic visual and auditory signs (such as gestures and bird sounds) are represented in language, and more specifically in 'signed' language, and how such signs influence semantic conceptualization. Other studies examine more closely how visual signs and representations of time a
Note:
" ... a selection of papers that were originally given at the Third Symposium on Iconicity in Language and Literature organized by the University of Jena in co-operation wih the University of Amsterdam and the University of Zurich and held at Jena, 29-31 March, 2001"--Pref. - Includes bibliographical references and indexes. - Description based on print version record
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