Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Contributors vii
4. Editors ix
5. Introduction: Naturalness and iconicity in language 1
6. Philosophical naturalism and linguistic epistemology 25
7. Prolegomena to a general theory of iconicity considerations on language, gesture, and pictures 47
8. Semiotic foundations of natural linguistics and diagrammatic iconicity 73
9. Naturalness and markedness 101
10. Natural and unnatural sound patterns: A pocket field guide 121
11. The iconic function of full inversion in English 149
12. What is iconic about polysemy? A contribution to research on diagrammatic Transparency 167
13. Iconicity in sign languages 189
14. Arbitrary structure, cognitive grammar, and the partes orationis. A study in Polish paradigms 215
15. Name index 241
16. Subject index 245