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Author:   John Haiman
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   6
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 24.50cm
Weight:   0.875kg
ISBN:  

9789027228727

ISBN 10:   9027228728
Pages:   402
Publication Date:   01 January 1985
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction (by Haiman, John); 2. Part I: Motivation; 3. Diagrammatic iconicity in stem-inflection relations (by Bybee, Joan L.); 4. Temporal sequence and Chinese word order (by Tai, James H-Y.); 5. Symmetry (by Haiman, John); 6. The inherent iconism of intonation (by Bolinger, Dwight); 7. Observations and speculations on subjectivity (by Langacker, Ronald W.); 8. The iconicity of the universal categories noun and verb (by Hopper, Paul J.); 9. Part II: Isomorphism and automorphism; 10. Iconicity, isomorphism, and non-arbitrary coding in syntax (by Givon, T.); 11. The Child as a linguistic icon-maker (by Slobin, Dan I.); 12. Iconicity and grammatical meaning (by Kirsner, Robert S.); 13. some iconic relationships among place, time, and discourse deixis (by Greenberg, Joseph H.); 14. Conditional markers (by Traugott, Elizabeth Closs); 15. Part III: Competing motivations; 16. oats and wheat : the fallacy of arbitrariness (by Wierzbicka, Anna); 17. Competing motivations (by Du Bois, John W.); 18. The analysis-synthesis-lexis cycle in Tibeto-Bruman: a case study in motivated change (by DeLancey, Scott); 19. Index of Languages; 20. Index of Names; 21. Index of Topics

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