Construals of iconicity: experimental approaches to form-meaning resemblances in language
Construals of iconicity: experimental approaches to form-meaning resemblances in language
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DOI：
10.1017/langcog.2019.48
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发表时间：
2020-03-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Perniss, Pamela
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作者：
Dingemanse, Mark;Perlman, Marcus;Perniss, Pamela
虽然对语言形式-意义相似性的推测可以追溯到几千年前，但对象似性的实验研究只有大约一个世纪的历史。在这里，我们对象似性的实验工作进行了评估，并提出了一个双重特刊，其中包含了一系列不同的新贡献。我们通过引入语言象似性方法的类型学来将工作置于语境中。一些方法将象似性解释为存在或不存在的离散属性；另一些人则认为它涉及到各种各样的符号关系；还有一些人认为它是一种梯度物质，有不同的程度。我们展示了每种解释的好处和局限性，并强调了开发能够在它们之间流畅切换的帐户的重要性。由于象似性的操作方法定义明确，但又足够灵活，可以处理任务、模式和分析水平的差异，因此对象似性的实验研究将为全面的语言科学做出贡献。
While speculations on form-meaning resemblances in language go back millennia, the experimental study of iconicity is only about a century old. Here we take stock of experimental work on iconicity and present a double special issue with a diverse set of new contributions. We contextualise the work by introducing a typology of approaches to iconicity in language. Some approaches construe iconicity as a discrete property that is either present or absent; others treat it as involving semiotic relationships that come in kinds; and yet others see it as a gradient substance that comes in degrees. We show the benefits and limitations that come with each of these construals and stress the importance of developing accounts that can fluently switch between them. With operationalisations of iconicity that are well defined yet flexible enough to deal with differences in tasks, modalities, and levels of analysis, experimental research on iconicity is well equipped to contribute to a comprehensive science of language.