Iconicity, Arbitrariness, and Duality of Patterning in Signed and Spoken Language: Perspectives on Language Evolution.

Armstrong, David F.

Notes FAQ Contact Us

Back to results

Peer reviewed

ERIC Number: EJ278130

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1983

Pages: N/A

Abstractor: N/A

ISBN: N/A

ISSN: N/A

EISSN: N/A

Available Date: N/A

Iconicity, Arbitrariness, and Duality of Patterning in Signed and Spoken Language: Perspectives on Language Evolution.

Armstrong, David F.

Sign Language Studies, n38 p51-69 Spr 1983

Human languages can incorporate signs without obvious physical relationship to their referents. The nature of the relationship between sign (i.e., word or sign) and referent in signed and spoken languages is discussed from cognitive and historical research perspectives, and observations are given on the biological bases of this phenomenon. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: Biological Influences, Cognitive Development, Diachronic Linguistics, Language Patterns, Linguistic Theory, Morphology (Languages), Morphophonemics, Sign Language, Speech Communication, Symbolism

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Information Analyses

Education Level: N/A

Audience: N/A

Language: English

Sponsor: N/A

Authoring Institution: N/A

Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A

Author Affiliations: N/A