Does De-Iconization Affect Visual Recognition of Russian and English Iconic Words?
Iconic words constitute an integral part of the lexicon of a language, exhibiting form-meaning resemblance. Over the course of time, semantic and phonetic transformations “weaken” the degree of iconicity of a word. This iconicity loss is known as the process of de-iconization, which is divided into...
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MDPI AG
2022-04-01
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| Series: | Languages |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/7/2/97 |