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Good probes
Icons, anaphors, and the evolution of language
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Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- Acknowledgements xi
- List of contributors xiii
- Introduction 1
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Part I
- Semiotic foundations of iconicity in language and literature 17
- The semiotics of the Mise-en-Abyme 29
- Good probes 55
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Part II
- The sound as an echo to the sense 69
- On natural motivation in metaphors 89
- Old English poetic texts and their Latin sources 109
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Part III
- Iconic punctuation 135
- Iconic functions of long and short lines 157
- Iconicity in advertising signs 189
- Iconoclasm and iconicity in seventeenth-century English poetry 211
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Part IV
- Structural iconicity 229
- The position of the adjective in (Old) English from an iconic perspective 249
- Present participles as iconic expressions 277
- Of Markov chains and upholstery buttons 289
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Part V
- Iconicity and rhetoric 305
- The emergence of experiential iconicity and spatial perspective in landscape descriptions in English fiction 323
- Iconic dimensions in Margaret Atwood’s poetry and prose 351
- Author index 367
- Subject index 377
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- Acknowledgements xi
- List of contributors xiii
- Introduction 1
-
Part I
- Semiotic foundations of iconicity in language and literature 17
- The semiotics of the Mise-en-Abyme 29
- Good probes 55
-
Part II
- The sound as an echo to the sense 69
- On natural motivation in metaphors 89
- Old English poetic texts and their Latin sources 109
-
Part III
- Iconic punctuation 135
- Iconic functions of long and short lines 157
- Iconicity in advertising signs 189
- Iconoclasm and iconicity in seventeenth-century English poetry 211
-
Part IV
- Structural iconicity 229
- The position of the adjective in (Old) English from an iconic perspective 249
- Present participles as iconic expressions 277
- Of Markov chains and upholstery buttons 289
-
Part V
- Iconicity and rhetoric 305
- The emergence of experiential iconicity and spatial perspective in landscape descriptions in English fiction 323
- Iconic dimensions in Margaret Atwood’s poetry and prose 351
- Author index 367
- Subject index 377