Explore Iconicity through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Iconicity in a sentence
Iconicity meaning
the state of being iconic (in all meanings)
Using Iconicity
- The main meaning on this page is: the state of being iconic (in all meanings)
- In the example corpus, iconicity often appears in combinations such as: iconicity of, iconicity is, iconicity as.
Context around Iconicity
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Iconicity
- In this selection, "iconicity" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, result, asl, signs and plays stand out and add context to how "iconicity" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a result iconicity as a and arbitrariness and iconicity in asl. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "iconicity" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with iconicity
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
As a result, iconicity as a whole was largely neglected in research of sign languages. (15 words)
Frishberg (1975) wrote a very influential paper addressing the relationship between arbitrariness and iconicity in ASL. (16 words)
Taub (2001) In this view, iconicity is grounded in a language user's mental representation (" construal " in Cognitive Grammar ). (19 words)
It has been found that when children acquire the pronoun "you", the iconicity of the point (at the child) is often confused, being treated more like a name. citation This is a similar finding to research in oral languages on pronoun acquisition. (42 words)
It has also been found that iconicity of signs does not affect immediate memory and recall; less iconic signs are remembered just as well as highly iconic signs. (28 words)
The cognitive linguistics perspective rejects a more traditional definition of iconicity as a relationship between linguistic form and a concrete, real-world referent. (23 words)
Example sentences (10)
As a result, iconicity as a whole was largely neglected in research of sign languages.
Even so, in ASL iconicity plays a significant role; a high percentage of signs resemble their referents in some way.
Frishberg (1975) wrote a very influential paper addressing the relationship between arbitrariness and iconicity in ASL.
It has also been found that iconicity of signs does not affect immediate memory and recall; less iconic signs are remembered just as well as highly iconic signs.
It has been found that when children acquire the pronoun "you", the iconicity of the point (at the child) is often confused, being treated more like a name. citation This is a similar finding to research in oral languages on pronoun acquisition.
She concluded that though originally present in many signs, iconicity is degraded over time through the application of grammatical processes.
Taub (2001) In this view, iconicity is grounded in a language user's mental representation (" construal " in Cognitive Grammar ).
The cognitive linguistics perspective rejects a more traditional definition of iconicity as a relationship between linguistic form and a concrete, real-world referent.
The iconicity and symbolism of a sign depends on the cultural convention and, are on that ground in relation with each other.
While iconicity is more systematic and widespread in sign languages than in spoken ones, the difference is not categorical.
Common combinations with iconicity
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- iconicity of 3×
- iconicity is 3×
- iconicity as 2×
- the iconicity 2×