Traditional attempts to define the concept of"art"has frequently meant finding their core characteristics or necessary and jointly sufficient conditions.Especially mimetic and formalist theories have had num...Traditional attempts to define the concept of"art"has frequently meant finding their core characteristics or necessary and jointly sufficient conditions.Especially mimetic and formalist theories have had numerous proponents,arguing for the aesthetic relevance of iconicity or of formal aspects,respectively.In this paper,some basic tenets and problems of these approaches,most notably their essentialist biases,will be discussed.I shall put forward a moderate defense of the aesthetic relevance of mimetic or iconic features in the visual arts.Hereby,also studies from experimental aesthetics will be considered.展开更多
Iconicity as one of the very important research items of cognitive linguistics refers to the natural, non-arbitrary rela?tionship between form and meaning. The study of iconicity has great significance of revealing th...Iconicity as one of the very important research items of cognitive linguistics refers to the natural, non-arbitrary rela?tionship between form and meaning. The study of iconicity has great significance of revealing the relationship between concept and cognition and can help people better understand the essence of language. This paper presents an analysis of the three iconicity principles- distance iconicity,quantity iconicity and sequencing iconicity-base on the relevance theory. The purpose of this pa?per is to offer a new dimension to iconicity analysis and finding more connections between the form of language and real mean?ing.展开更多
Iconicity has been a complement and challenge to Saussure’s language arbitrariness.So far,scholars have done numer⁃ous researches in the fields of discourse analysis,syntactic explanation by resorting to iconicity.Th...Iconicity has been a complement and challenge to Saussure’s language arbitrariness.So far,scholars have done numer⁃ous researches in the fields of discourse analysis,syntactic explanation by resorting to iconicity.Though some scholars have set foot on English vocabulary teaching from the perspective of iconicity,their viewpoints still remain to be polished and refined.This the⁃sis will indicate some errors existing in vocabulary teaching and introduce iconicity theories,the inspiration of which becomes an alternative approach in vocabulary teaching.展开更多
This paper, based on Haiman's and Wang Yin's theories on iconicity, intends to find that iconicity has a significant meaning in the analysis of e.e.Cummings' love poems, which are noted for its eccentric a...This paper, based on Haiman's and Wang Yin's theories on iconicity, intends to find that iconicity has a significant meaning in the analysis of e.e.Cummings' love poems, which are noted for its eccentric and idiosyncratic style.展开更多
Iconicity principle provides a new framework for linguists to reexamine the relationship between the signifier and the signified.Apart from arbitrariness,iconicity principle also turns out to be true to some extent be...Iconicity principle provides a new framework for linguists to reexamine the relationship between the signifier and the signified.Apart from arbitrariness,iconicity principle also turns out to be true to some extent between form and meaning of linguistic symbols.This paper elaborates the iconicity principle in Chinese—mainly the sequencing iconicity,quantitative iconicity,symmetric iconicity,and asymmetric iconicity.展开更多
This paper mainly presents evidence for a relationship between language structure and meaning in EkeGusii,a Bantu language spoken in Kenya.The main argument is that the structure of language mirrors the structure of r...This paper mainly presents evidence for a relationship between language structure and meaning in EkeGusii,a Bantu language spoken in Kenya.The main argument is that the structure of language mirrors the structure of reality.A brief overview of other scholars demonstrates that diagrammatic iconicity shows universal tendencies.Five main ideas run down the discussion.Firstly,in EkeGusii,speakers sub-consciously cluster sounds around related meanings,evidencing gestalt and relative iconicity.Secondly,there is evidence of overlap of morphological and phonetic iconicity,an aspect of phonaesthesia.Thirdly,reduplication in certain infinitives demonstrates the reality of phono-iconicity in EkeGusii,augmented by unpleasant sound sequences.Fourthly,certain onomatopes in EkeGusii are actually diagrammatic,indicating that there is no one stop criterion for classifying overlapping types of icons.And finally,the paper posits that iconicity intersects with arbitrariness showing that language has both motivated and discrete symbols.展开更多
4月19日上午，爱康诺中国有限公司在上海城市酒店“Strategies for Achieving Operational Excellence一次世代监控组态软件，如何实现卓越运作的策略”盛大的技术交流会。ICONICS中国有限公司常务总监唐志成先生和ICONICS全球销售总监M...4月19日上午，爱康诺中国有限公司在上海城市酒店“Strategies for Achieving Operational Excellence一次世代监控组态软件，如何实现卓越运作的策略”盛大的技术交流会。ICONICS中国有限公司常务总监唐志成先生和ICONICS全球销售总监Mark Hepburn先生出席会议并和现场观众互动交流。展开更多
Throughout the history, arbitrariness put forward by Saussure has been regarded as one of the most designing features of language. Saussure claimed that there is no interrelationship between the signifier and signifie...Throughout the history, arbitrariness put forward by Saussure has been regarded as one of the most designing features of language. Saussure claimed that there is no interrelationship between the signifier and signified, or such relationship can't be testified but conventional. Later, the famous linguists Peirce and Haiman, who have made great contribution to the ever-heated theory of iconicity, reveal another feature of the language. The purpose of this paper is not to deny the arbitrary nature of language, but to suggest that the nature of language is a combination of arbitrariness and iconicity.展开更多
Fossilization is complex,repeated and durative,it appears in various aspects of Interlanguage like phonetics,syntax and semantics.College English vocabulary learning stage is an obvious period of lexical fossilization...Fossilization is complex,repeated and durative,it appears in various aspects of Interlanguage like phonetics,syntax and semantics.College English vocabulary learning stage is an obvious period of lexical fossilization.This paper mainly uses qualitative research method to analyze dispelling lexical fossilization of Chinese college students based on iconicity of Langacker’s grammar,with the purpose of improving the“quantity”and“quality”of English vocabulary of Chinese college students and offering some pedagogical proposals to improve English vocabulary teaching effect of college students.展开更多
This study is devoted to the stylistic analysis of William Blake’s poetry from the perspective of metaphorical iconicity to achieve the aesthetic value and literary connotation of poetry,and eventually the author and...This study is devoted to the stylistic analysis of William Blake’s poetry from the perspective of metaphorical iconicity to achieve the aesthetic value and literary connotation of poetry,and eventually the author and readers can obtain a much better appreciation towards poetry from a new angle and it will definitely enrich the study fruits of poetry.展开更多
THE passing of an icon gives time to pause and reflect. I was fortunate enough to interact with and photograph the late President Nelson Mandela on several occasions while working for a media group in South Africa in ...THE passing of an icon gives time to pause and reflect. I was fortunate enough to interact with and photograph the late President Nelson Mandela on several occasions while working for a media group in South Africa in the 1990s. It was a time when the country was making its stuttering transition from an apartheid white-dominated regime to a new dispensation of black majority rule.展开更多
OPEN新作秦皇岛“海边的对话”近日赢得2017德国设计委员会Iconic设计奖（Iconic Awards2017）概念设计类最高荣誉Best of Best大奖。这个项目包含了两个独立但相关联的艺术空间：海上美术馆与沙丘艺术空间。几乎与此同时，该项目举行...OPEN新作秦皇岛“海边的对话”近日赢得2017德国设计委员会Iconic设计奖（Iconic Awards2017）概念设计类最高荣誉Best of Best大奖。这个项目包含了两个独立但相关联的艺术空间：海上美术馆与沙丘艺术空间。几乎与此同时，该项目举行了开工仪式，预计2018年完工。展开更多
Iconic memory and short-term memory are not only crucial for perception and cognition,but also of great importance to mental health.Here,we first showed that both types of memory could be improved by improving limitin...Iconic memory and short-term memory are not only crucial for perception and cognition,but also of great importance to mental health.Here,we first showed that both types of memory could be improved by improving limiting processes in visual processing through perceptual learning.Normal adults were trained in a contrast detection task for ten days,with their higher-order aberrations(HOA)corrected in real-time.We found that the training improved not only their contrast sensitivity function(CSF),but also their iconic memory and baseline information maintenance for short-term memory,and the relationship between memory and CSF improvements could be well-predicted by an observer model.These results suggest that training the limiting component of a cognitive task with visual perceptual learning could improve visual cognition.They may also provide an empirical foundation for new therapies to treat people with poor sensory memory.展开更多
Political discourse is an important component of Chinese discourse,and its translation criticism research is of great significance for telling the story of China well and establishing an international image.Iconicity ...Political discourse is an important component of Chinese discourse,and its translation criticism research is of great significance for telling the story of China well and establishing an international image.Iconicity is an important means to form the rhetorical effect,so the translation of political discourse must try to reproduce the iconicity of the original text.By analyzing the syntactic iconicity of the English version of the White paper China’s Epic Journey from Poverty to Prosperity,it is found that for the translation of quantitative iconicity,it is necessary to adjust the translation by synonym substitution or sentence pattern conversion on the basis of ensuring the representation of quantitative rhetoric.For the translation of sequential iconicity,it should strive for representing the logical sequence of the original text while enhancing the readability and rhetorical power of the translation.For the translation of distance iconicity,it is necessary to reproduce the delicacy of the original,meanwhile,to consider the emotional and rhetorical implication.The research emphasizes the balance between“syntactic iconicity of original text representation”and“appeal and readability of translated text”.The study is helpful to telling the“China’s poverty reduction story well”and translation practice of political discourse.展开更多
The revitalization of downtown Richmond,Virginia,in the 21st century has been a slow process,beginning in the financial center near the State Capitol Building and migrating slowly westward along Broad Street,the tradi...The revitalization of downtown Richmond,Virginia,in the 21st century has been a slow process,beginning in the financial center near the State Capitol Building and migrating slowly westward along Broad Street,the traditional retail avenue of the City.One by one over the course of the past several years,large,iconic buildings have been rehabilitated for new and exciting uses.These buildings have long been associated with the history of the City itself:the Miller&Rhoads Department Store,the John Marshall Hotel,the First National Bank Building,and the Hotel Richmond among others.The Central National Bank(CNB)Building was built at the dawn of the Great Depression and eventually became one of the last Art Deco style skyscrapers remaining in downtown Richmond.Its location in the neglected western fringe area of Broad Street made it the next logical target for rehabilitation.When Douglas Development purchased the vacant building in 2005,they were buying the crowning piece of architecture that they hoped would become the linchpin project to spur the revitalization of the surrounding neighborhood.That lofty goal was not without challenges,of course,and it took 8 years to put the project together and start the building’s renovation.The complications inherent in the rehabilitation of any iconic 75-year old building listed on the National Register of Historic Places to suit continued use for contemporary life also clearly came into play.展开更多
This article draws on the theory of poetic iconicity as expounded by Margret.H.Freeman to offer a tentative study on how multimodality affects its realization through an analysis of a pictorial narrative by a Taiwan R...This article draws on the theory of poetic iconicity as expounded by Margret.H.Freeman to offer a tentative study on how multimodality affects its realization through an analysis of a pictorial narrative by a Taiwan Residents writer—Jimmy’s The Moon Forgets.The analysis shows that,different from its performance in verbal texts,poetic iconicity in a multimodal literary work is achieved by tapping the immense potential inherent in pictorial-verbal conf igurations.Diagrammatic iconicity,seen in its narrative structure and in the multimodal configuration of the story,is found in this case to serve the global metaphor LIFE-DEATH IS A CYCLE and contribute to an aesthetically wild ecstasy.The metaphorical implications in relation to the theme within the scope of diagrammatic iconicity help constitute the ineffable charm of this pictorial fiction.Multimodal poetic iconicity—deploying diverse structural patterns and relational conf igurations to create an artistic resemblance to the abstract patterns in feelings and thoughts—is shown to be an important contributing factor in the effectiveness of the work’s literary communication.展开更多
Instead of rejecting the notion of iconicity, as has often been the case in semiotics, we should inquire deeper into its specifi c nature, and also into the peculiar way in which it is manifested by pictures. In order...Instead of rejecting the notion of iconicity, as has often been the case in semiotics, we should inquire deeper into its specifi c nature, and also into the peculiar way in which it is manifested by pictures. In order to show why Umberto Eco, Nelson Goodman, and others were fundamentally wrong in their classical critique of iconicity, we will pursue a close reading of Peirce, but we will interpret his work in accordance with more recent fi ndings in cognitive and perceptual psychology, and we will modify the theory as a result of our interpretation. At the same time, we will rely on phenomenological insights, both those made explicit by Edmund Husserl in his studies of pictorial consciousness, and those which are implicit, notably in the work of the psychologist James Gibson. As a result, we will distinguish iconicity as such from iconic grounds and iconic signs, and we will delineate two very different kinds of iconic signs, which we will call primary and secondary iconic signs. Even so, pictorial iconicity has itspeculiarities, which we will also try to elucidate. In so doing, we will consider to what extent the linguistic model is still helpful, and in which respects it is misleading.展开更多
Zibo is a city with a long history and rich culture.Its unique geographical location and cultural environment have created favorable conditions for its development.In 2023,the barbecue culture in Zibo became popular n...Zibo is a city with a long history and rich culture.Its unique geographical location and cultural environment have created favorable conditions for its development.In 2023,the barbecue culture in Zibo became popular nationwide.The reason for this situation is not only due to the special geographical location and traditional culture of Zibo but also due to many human factors that contributed to this prosperity,allowing Zibo’s economy to take off in 2023.This article will explore the reasons why Zibo barbecue is so popular from several aspects,such as the unique barbecue culture in Zibo,the cooperation and promotion between the government and enterprises,the kindness and hospitality with Shandong people,and the promotion by the media and the internet.展开更多
文摘Traditional attempts to define the concept of"art"has frequently meant finding their core characteristics or necessary and jointly sufficient conditions.Especially mimetic and formalist theories have had numerous proponents,arguing for the aesthetic relevance of iconicity or of formal aspects,respectively.In this paper,some basic tenets and problems of these approaches,most notably their essentialist biases,will be discussed.I shall put forward a moderate defense of the aesthetic relevance of mimetic or iconic features in the visual arts.Hereby,also studies from experimental aesthetics will be considered.
文摘Iconicity as one of the very important research items of cognitive linguistics refers to the natural, non-arbitrary rela?tionship between form and meaning. The study of iconicity has great significance of revealing the relationship between concept and cognition and can help people better understand the essence of language. This paper presents an analysis of the three iconicity principles- distance iconicity,quantity iconicity and sequencing iconicity-base on the relevance theory. The purpose of this pa?per is to offer a new dimension to iconicity analysis and finding more connections between the form of language and real mean?ing.
文摘Iconicity has been a complement and challenge to Saussure’s language arbitrariness.So far,scholars have done numer⁃ous researches in the fields of discourse analysis,syntactic explanation by resorting to iconicity.Though some scholars have set foot on English vocabulary teaching from the perspective of iconicity,their viewpoints still remain to be polished and refined.This the⁃sis will indicate some errors existing in vocabulary teaching and introduce iconicity theories,the inspiration of which becomes an alternative approach in vocabulary teaching.
文摘This paper, based on Haiman's and Wang Yin's theories on iconicity, intends to find that iconicity has a significant meaning in the analysis of e.e.Cummings' love poems, which are noted for its eccentric and idiosyncratic style.
基金funded by the planning Fund of Humanities and Social Sciences from Ministry of Education of China(NO.17YJA740012)From a Cognitive Perspective:A Contrastive Study of Existential Sentences in English and Chinese Based on Corpus.
文摘Iconicity principle provides a new framework for linguists to reexamine the relationship between the signifier and the signified.Apart from arbitrariness,iconicity principle also turns out to be true to some extent between form and meaning of linguistic symbols.This paper elaborates the iconicity principle in Chinese—mainly the sequencing iconicity,quantitative iconicity,symmetric iconicity,and asymmetric iconicity.
文摘This paper mainly presents evidence for a relationship between language structure and meaning in EkeGusii,a Bantu language spoken in Kenya.The main argument is that the structure of language mirrors the structure of reality.A brief overview of other scholars demonstrates that diagrammatic iconicity shows universal tendencies.Five main ideas run down the discussion.Firstly,in EkeGusii,speakers sub-consciously cluster sounds around related meanings,evidencing gestalt and relative iconicity.Secondly,there is evidence of overlap of morphological and phonetic iconicity,an aspect of phonaesthesia.Thirdly,reduplication in certain infinitives demonstrates the reality of phono-iconicity in EkeGusii,augmented by unpleasant sound sequences.Fourthly,certain onomatopes in EkeGusii are actually diagrammatic,indicating that there is no one stop criterion for classifying overlapping types of icons.And finally,the paper posits that iconicity intersects with arbitrariness showing that language has both motivated and discrete symbols.
文摘Throughout the history, arbitrariness put forward by Saussure has been regarded as one of the most designing features of language. Saussure claimed that there is no interrelationship between the signifier and signified, or such relationship can't be testified but conventional. Later, the famous linguists Peirce and Haiman, who have made great contribution to the ever-heated theory of iconicity, reveal another feature of the language. The purpose of this paper is not to deny the arbitrary nature of language, but to suggest that the nature of language is a combination of arbitrariness and iconicity.
文摘Fossilization is complex,repeated and durative,it appears in various aspects of Interlanguage like phonetics,syntax and semantics.College English vocabulary learning stage is an obvious period of lexical fossilization.This paper mainly uses qualitative research method to analyze dispelling lexical fossilization of Chinese college students based on iconicity of Langacker’s grammar,with the purpose of improving the“quantity”and“quality”of English vocabulary of Chinese college students and offering some pedagogical proposals to improve English vocabulary teaching effect of college students.
文摘This study is devoted to the stylistic analysis of William Blake’s poetry from the perspective of metaphorical iconicity to achieve the aesthetic value and literary connotation of poetry,and eventually the author and readers can obtain a much better appreciation towards poetry from a new angle and it will definitely enrich the study fruits of poetry.
文摘THE passing of an icon gives time to pause and reflect. I was fortunate enough to interact with and photograph the late President Nelson Mandela on several occasions while working for a media group in South Africa in the 1990s. It was a time when the country was making its stuttering transition from an apartheid white-dominated regime to a new dispensation of black majority rule.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31970975)the Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of Zhejiang Province,China(LR22H120001)+2 种基金the Scientific Instrument Developing Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(ZDKYYQ20200005)the National Science and Technology Innovation 2030 Major Program(2022ZD0204801)the Project of State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology,Optometry and Vision Science,Wenzhou Medical University(J02-20210203).
文摘Iconic memory and short-term memory are not only crucial for perception and cognition,but also of great importance to mental health.Here,we first showed that both types of memory could be improved by improving limiting processes in visual processing through perceptual learning.Normal adults were trained in a contrast detection task for ten days,with their higher-order aberrations(HOA)corrected in real-time.We found that the training improved not only their contrast sensitivity function(CSF),but also their iconic memory and baseline information maintenance for short-term memory,and the relationship between memory and CSF improvements could be well-predicted by an observer model.These results suggest that training the limiting component of a cognitive task with visual perceptual learning could improve visual cognition.They may also provide an empirical foundation for new therapies to treat people with poor sensory memory.
基金Project of the Humanities and Social Sciences on Youth Fund of the Ministry of Education:The Translation and Communication of the Discourse of Rural Revitalization(ratification No.:24YJCZH403)Civil Aviation Flight University of China Special Project of“Study of The 20th CPC National Congress”:Translation and Communication of Poverty Alleviation Discourse of CPC(ratification No.:ESD2023-02).
文摘Political discourse is an important component of Chinese discourse,and its translation criticism research is of great significance for telling the story of China well and establishing an international image.Iconicity is an important means to form the rhetorical effect,so the translation of political discourse must try to reproduce the iconicity of the original text.By analyzing the syntactic iconicity of the English version of the White paper China’s Epic Journey from Poverty to Prosperity,it is found that for the translation of quantitative iconicity,it is necessary to adjust the translation by synonym substitution or sentence pattern conversion on the basis of ensuring the representation of quantitative rhetoric.For the translation of sequential iconicity,it should strive for representing the logical sequence of the original text while enhancing the readability and rhetorical power of the translation.For the translation of distance iconicity,it is necessary to reproduce the delicacy of the original,meanwhile,to consider the emotional and rhetorical implication.The research emphasizes the balance between“syntactic iconicity of original text representation”and“appeal and readability of translated text”.The study is helpful to telling the“China’s poverty reduction story well”and translation practice of political discourse.
文摘The revitalization of downtown Richmond,Virginia,in the 21st century has been a slow process,beginning in the financial center near the State Capitol Building and migrating slowly westward along Broad Street,the traditional retail avenue of the City.One by one over the course of the past several years,large,iconic buildings have been rehabilitated for new and exciting uses.These buildings have long been associated with the history of the City itself:the Miller&Rhoads Department Store,the John Marshall Hotel,the First National Bank Building,and the Hotel Richmond among others.The Central National Bank(CNB)Building was built at the dawn of the Great Depression and eventually became one of the last Art Deco style skyscrapers remaining in downtown Richmond.Its location in the neglected western fringe area of Broad Street made it the next logical target for rehabilitation.When Douglas Development purchased the vacant building in 2005,they were buying the crowning piece of architecture that they hoped would become the linchpin project to spur the revitalization of the surrounding neighborhood.That lofty goal was not without challenges,of course,and it took 8 years to put the project together and start the building’s renovation.The complications inherent in the rehabilitation of any iconic 75-year old building listed on the National Register of Historic Places to suit continued use for contemporary life also clearly came into play.
基金sponsored by a grant from the Humanities and Social Sciences Fund of the Ministry of Education of China,for the project entitled"A Cognitive Poetics Study of Discourse Perspective"(13YJA740082)
文摘This article draws on the theory of poetic iconicity as expounded by Margret.H.Freeman to offer a tentative study on how multimodality affects its realization through an analysis of a pictorial narrative by a Taiwan Residents writer—Jimmy’s The Moon Forgets.The analysis shows that,different from its performance in verbal texts,poetic iconicity in a multimodal literary work is achieved by tapping the immense potential inherent in pictorial-verbal conf igurations.Diagrammatic iconicity,seen in its narrative structure and in the multimodal configuration of the story,is found in this case to serve the global metaphor LIFE-DEATH IS A CYCLE and contribute to an aesthetically wild ecstasy.The metaphorical implications in relation to the theme within the scope of diagrammatic iconicity help constitute the ineffable charm of this pictorial fiction.Multimodal poetic iconicity—deploying diverse structural patterns and relational conf igurations to create an artistic resemblance to the abstract patterns in feelings and thoughts—is shown to be an important contributing factor in the effectiveness of the work’s literary communication.
文摘Instead of rejecting the notion of iconicity, as has often been the case in semiotics, we should inquire deeper into its specifi c nature, and also into the peculiar way in which it is manifested by pictures. In order to show why Umberto Eco, Nelson Goodman, and others were fundamentally wrong in their classical critique of iconicity, we will pursue a close reading of Peirce, but we will interpret his work in accordance with more recent fi ndings in cognitive and perceptual psychology, and we will modify the theory as a result of our interpretation. At the same time, we will rely on phenomenological insights, both those made explicit by Edmund Husserl in his studies of pictorial consciousness, and those which are implicit, notably in the work of the psychologist James Gibson. As a result, we will distinguish iconicity as such from iconic grounds and iconic signs, and we will delineate two very different kinds of iconic signs, which we will call primary and secondary iconic signs. Even so, pictorial iconicity has itspeculiarities, which we will also try to elucidate. In so doing, we will consider to what extent the linguistic model is still helpful, and in which respects it is misleading.
基金2023 Hebei Province Social Science Development Research Project(Project No.20230203011)。
文摘Zibo is a city with a long history and rich culture.Its unique geographical location and cultural environment have created favorable conditions for its development.In 2023,the barbecue culture in Zibo became popular nationwide.The reason for this situation is not only due to the special geographical location and traditional culture of Zibo but also due to many human factors that contributed to this prosperity,allowing Zibo’s economy to take off in 2023.This article will explore the reasons why Zibo barbecue is so popular from several aspects,such as the unique barbecue culture in Zibo,the cooperation and promotion between the government and enterprises,the kindness and hospitality with Shandong people,and the promotion by the media and the internet.
