A Complete Real-World Theory of Language Should Explain How Iconicity Remains a Stable Property of Linguistic Systems
Murgiano et al. make a compelling case for studying iconicity in multimodal face-to-face interaction, but they appear ambivalent about the importance of iconicity at the level of the linguistic system. We argue that, rather than decreasing over time, iconicity is a stable property of languages. Unde...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ubiquity Press
2021-08-01
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| Series: | Journal of Cognition |
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| Online Access: | https://www.journalofcognition.org/articles/166 |