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THE CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF SYMBOLISM IN LANGUAGE.
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LAFFAL, JULIUS – 1966
A TECHNIQUE OF ANALYSIS OF SYMBOLISM IS PRESENTED, BASED ON THE IDEA THAT WORDS WHICH APPEAR IN CLOSE ASSOCIATION IN THE SPEECH OR WRITING OF AN INDIVIDUAL ARE PSYCHOLOGICALLY CLOSELY RELATED. THE LATENT MEANING, OR SYMBOLISM, OF A WORD IS ELUCIDATED BY SHOWING HOW CLOSE IT IS, CONCEPTUALLY, TO OTHER SELECTED WORDS OR THEMES IN THE INDIVIDUAL'S…
Descriptors: Language Research, Psycholinguistics, Symbolic Language
On the Scientific Status of Iconicity.
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Robinson, Jacques H.; Griffith, Penny L. – Sign Language Studies, 1979
Explores the operational and conceptual meanings of the iconicity of manual signs and sign languages. Empirical studies related to the operational definition of iconicity in American Sign Language are described, and implications of parallels between iconicity and "stimulus meaningfulness" are discussed in relation to the scientific…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Language Research, Linguistic Theory, Literature Reviews