Competing iconicities in the structure of languages.
Competing iconicities in the structure of languages.
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DOI：
10.1515/cog-2013-0010
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发表时间：
2013-04
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Sandler W
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文献类型：
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作者：
Meir I;Padden C;Aronoff M;Sandler W
本文探讨了象似性在语法结构中的作用。主要论证了两点：(a)语法不一定抑制象似性；相反，象似性与语法是一种相得益彰的关系，象似性在语法结构中起着积极的作用。(b)象似性不是单一的。象似性有不同的类型，语言利用它们提供的可能性。我们研究了象似性和语法之间的相互作用，重点是手语如何利用手语者的身体作为丰富的符号资源来编码各种语法概念。我们的研究表明，在手语的符号形式中，身体可以扮演三种不同的角色：它可以作为一种命名装置，身体部位代表身体部位；它可以代表言语符号的主语，也可以代表第一人称。这些策略在所研究的语言中相互作用，有时相互竞争。每种语言解决这些竞争的方式不同，这就导致了不同的语法和语法结构。对语法和象似性在这些语言中相互作用的方式的研究提供了对这两个系统本质的洞察。
The paper examines the role that iconicity plays in the structuring of grammars. Two main points are argued for: (a) Grammar does not necessarily suppress iconicity; rather, iconicity and grammar can enjoy a congenial relation in that iconicity can play an active role in the structuring of grammars. (b) Iconicity is not monolithic. There are different types of iconicity and languages take advantage of the possibilities afforded by them. We examine the interaction between iconicity and grammar by focusing on the ways in which sign languages employ the physical body of the signer as a rich iconic resource for encoding a variety of grammatical notions. We show that the body can play three different roles in iconic forms in sign languages: it can be used as a naming device where body parts represent body parts; it can represent the subject argument of verbal signs, and it can stand for first person. These strategies interact and sometimes compete in the languages under study. Each language resolves these competitions differently, which results in different grammars and grammatical structures. The investigation of the ways in which grammar and iconicity interact in these languages provides insight into the nature of both systems.
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影响因子：
0.6
作者：
Aronoff, Mark;Padden, Carol
通讯作者：
Padden, Carol
影响因子：
1.7
作者：
Dudis, PG
通讯作者：
Dudis, PG
影响因子：
1.7
作者：
Haspelmath, Martin
通讯作者：
Haspelmath, Martin
影响因子：
1.3
作者：
Meir, I
通讯作者：
Meir, I
影响因子：
2.1
作者：
FRIEDMAN, LA
通讯作者：
FRIEDMAN, LA