Natural syntax : iconicity and erosion
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Natural syntax : iconicity and erosion
（Cambridge studies in linguistics, 44）
Cambridge University Press, 2009, c1985
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"First published 1985. Re-issued in this digitally printed version 2009"--T.p. verso
"Paperback re-issue"--Back cover
Bibliography: p. 262-277
Includes index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
The view that language is in some way 'arbitrary', that there is no formal relationship between a linguistic message and the thought it is meant to convey, is long established and pervasive. The goal of John Haiman's study is to challenge the monopoly of arbitrariness, which he believes has affected in significant ways many models of linguistic description and analysis, notably those proposed by Saussure and more recently by Chomsky and his associates. Linguistic structures, Dr Hainian claims, may be compared to (non-linguistic) diagrams of our thoughts, and deviate from iconicity in many of the same ways and for much the same reasons as do diagrams in general. Arbitrariness develops as a result of the relatively familiar principles of economy, generalization and association. In relation to this thesis, Dr Haiman considers a wide variety of constructions, including conditionals and interrogatives, gapping, causative structures, auxiliaries and reflexives, and provides a wealth of exemplification from different languages that also points to typological differences in respect of iconicity.
目次
- Part I. Iconicity in Language: 1. Isomorphism
- 2. Motivation
- Part II. Economy and the Erosion of Iconicity: 3. Economic motivation
- 4. Iconicity vs. economy: the case of clause incorporation
- 5. The case of lexical elaboration
- 6. Limitations of the medium: competing motivations
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.
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