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Iconicity as Isomorphism between Cognitive and Linguistic Structures
- Authors: Lavrova N.A.1, Zúñiga Elizalde O.2,3, Kozmin A.O.1
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Affiliations:
- Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia
- Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
- Iberoamerican University of Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
- Issue: No 7(875) (2023)
- Pages: 62-70
- Section: Linguistics
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2542-2197/article/view/350630
- ID: 350630
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Abstract
The main aim of the research is to make an inventory of strategies employed by different world languages in order to iconically encode non-non-linguistic content. The research methods include the holistic approach, the descriptive, structural, semantic, and componential analyses. Research results revealed that as a self-regulating system, language tends to retain a number of motivated, iconic items. This strategy is a viable mechanism, which serves such language functions as mnemonic, ludic, expressive, emotive and evaluative.
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Nataliya Alexandrovna Lavrova
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia
Author for correspondence.
Email: n.lavrova@inno.mgimo.ru
Doctor of Philology (Dr. habil.), Associate Professor, Professor at the English Language Department № 3
Russian FederationOsvaldo Alexis Zúñiga Elizalde
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla; Iberoamerican University of Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
Email: valoartnouveau@gmail.com
MA in Strategic Design and Innovation, Nahuatl culture and language Lecturer, Faculty of Philosophy and Literature, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP); Director of the Tlapalcalli House of Arts, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Iberoamerican University of Puebla
MexicoAlexander Olegovich Kozmin
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia
Email: a.kozmin@inno.mgimo.ru
PhD (Philology), Associate Professor at the English Language Department № 3
Russian FederationReferences
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