ICONICITY IN LANGUAGE -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Foreword Under the Sign of Cratylus -- Notes -- References -- I. History of Linguistics -- Criticisms of the Arbitrariness of Languagein Leibniz and Vico and the 'Natural'Philosophy of Language -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- II. Semiotic Theory -- Interactions between Iconicity and Other Semiotic Parameters in Language -- Notes -- References -- Iconicity and/or Arbitrariness -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Isomorphism in the Grammatical Code Cognitive and Biological Considerations -- 1. Isomorphic vs. arbitrary coding -- 2. Principles of iconic coding -- 3. Combining iconic and conventional elements -- 4. The biological basis of iconic codes -- 5. Closure -- 6. Markedness as meta-iconicity -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- The Icon as an Abductive Process towards Identity -- Notes -- III. Language Description and Linguistic Theory -- The Iconic Index: from Sound Change to Rhyming Slang -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Iconicity and Change -- 3. Drastic Changes -- 4. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Iconicity in Grammaticalization Processes -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Iconicity vs. Transparency -- 3. Evidence from Acquisition and from Pidgins and Creoles -- 4. Language Change and Analogy -- 5. Exploring Parallel Developments: the Acquisition of Tense-Mood-Aspect morphology -- 6. Some Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- References -- Iconicity between Indicativity and Predicativity -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Iconicity between Indicativity and Predicativity in Numeration -- 3. Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Iconic Aspects of Syntax: A Pragmatic Approach -- 1. Preliminaries -- 2. A Paradigm Theory of Iconic Syntax -- 3. 'Iconic' and 'Diagrammatic' Syntax -- 4. Pragmatic Considerations: Utterances as Tools for Actions.

5. Conclusion: Limitations of the Arbitrariness Paradigm -- Notes -- References -- Figure and Ground in Second Language Narratives: Traces of Iconicity -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Figure/Ground Distinction: Formal and Substantive Criteria -- 3. The Linguistic Mechanisms and Communicative Strategies of Grounding: Hypotheses -- 4. Corpus Characteristics -- 5. Analysis of Narratives -- 6. Surface Signals of Figure/Ground and Iconicity -- 7. Conclusions -- Transcript notation -- Notes -- References -- Morphological Markedness in L2 Acquisition -- 1. Introduction: Theoretical Background -- 2. Morphological Development in a Notional Perspective -- 3. A Formal Perspective -- 4. Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- IV. Sign Systems Other than Verbal Language -- Terms for Spatio-Temporal Relations in Italian Sign Language -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodology and Data -- 3. Spatio-Temporal Terms for Priority and Antecedence in LIS -- 4. Iconic Features of the LIS Spatio-Temporal Terms Compared with Spoken Language Terms -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Creative Iconic Gestures: Some Evidence from Aphasics -- 1. Codified and Creative Gestures -- 2. Nouns by Words and Nouns by Gestures -- 3. Iconic Creative Gestures in Aphasics -- 4. Method -- 5. Results and Discussion -- Notes -- References -- Iconicity in Children's First Written Texts -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Trends in the Development of Children's Theories on Writing -- 3. Formal Versus Meaning Differentiation: The Cases of the Diminutive and the Plural Forms in the Italian System -- 4. The Syllabic Evolution: Toward a Stable and Conventional Sound Value -- 5. Interpreting Words with and without Letter Duplication with Related Meanings -- 6. Writing Different Types of Text: What Changes? -- 7. Final comments -- References -- Index -- The series Current Issues in Linguistic Theory.