Language from the body: iconicity and metaphor in american sign language
Auteur :
Taub, Sarah F.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521770620
Date de publication :
26 févr. 2001
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
570 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The debate over the role of meaning in linguistic theory can be resolved by evidence from signed languages. Language from the Body rebuts the generativist linguistic theories which separate form and meaning and asserts that iconicity can only be described in a cognitivist framework where meaning can influence form.