Essays about: "non-arbitrariness"

Found 3 essays containing the word non-arbitrariness.

  1. 1. Referential iconicity in music and speech within and across sensory modalities

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitiv semiotik; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Veronica Giraldo Valencia; [2018]
    Keywords : Keywords: Cognitive semiotics; iconicity; ideophones; multimodality; music; music cultures; semiotics; semiotics systems; signs; sound symbolism; primary and secondary iconicity; unimodality.; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Musical meaning is multifaceted: both highly sensory and yet often abstract, able to cross cultural boundaries and yet embedded in specific traditions. For the most part it is not denotational (Monelle, 1991). READ MORE

  3. 2. Motivations for Sound Symbolism in Spatial Deixis: A study of 101 languages

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Niklas Johansson; [2011]
    Keywords : sound symbolism; non-arbitrariness; deictic words; demonstrative pronouns; spatial deixis; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This thesis is concerned with the possible existence of a motivated relation between sound and meaning (“sound symbolism”) in demonstrative pronouns. The goal was to search for evidence of such non-arbitrariness, and to gain a better understanding of the motivating factors behind it. Six motivations are considered. READ MORE

  4. 3. Snap! Crack! Pop! : A corpus study of the meanings of three English onomatopoeia

    University essay from Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

    Author : Oskar Rydblom; [2010]
    Keywords : Snap; crack; pop; onomatopoeia; semantics; sound symbolism; mimes; style; ideophones; register; non arbitrariness;

    Abstract : The focus of this essay is on examining the meanings of the onomatopoeia (sound imitating words) snap, crack and pop. Previous studies on onomatopoeia and sound symbolism are used to define the terms and create a model for an alternative categorization of these meanings. READ MORE