Ubiquitous but arbitrary iconicity
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Ersu Ding
Ersu Ding (b. 1956) is a professor at Lingnan University 〈ersuding@ln.edu.hk〉. His research interests include semiotics and comparative literature. His publications includeBeyond ontology: A study in Marxist theory of meaning (1994);The sign-character of language (2000);Parallels, interactions, and illuminations (2010); andSemiotics and cross-cultural studies (2011).
Abstract
This paper addresses the issue of iconicity, which is largely neglected by Saussure for playing only a minor role in language. What it tries to show through ample examples is that iconicity exists at every level of language, but more importantly and contrary to popular belief, that the motivatedness of indices and icons does not in any way contradict the notion of the arbitrariness of the sign. This paper addresses the issue of iconicity, which is largely neglected by Saussure for playing only a minor role in language. What it tries to show through ample examples is that iconicity exists at every level of language, but more importantly and contrary to popular belief, that the motivatedness of indices and icons does not in any way contradict the notion of the arbitrariness of the sign.
About the author
Ersu Ding (b. 1956) is a professor at Lingnan University 〈ersuding@ln.edu.hk〉. His research interests include semiotics and comparative literature. His publications include Beyond ontology: A study in Marxist theory of meaning (1994); The sign-character of language (2000); Parallels, interactions, and illuminations (2010); and Semiotics and cross-cultural studies (2011).
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- Frontmatter
- A semiotic model of visual perception
- Art, science, and value as found in Peirce's ten trichotomies
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- Semiotic resources of music notation: Towards a multimodal analysis of musical notation in student texts
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