{"pk":33326,"title":"Reduplication and the Arbitrariness of the Sign","subtitle":null,"abstract":"The meanings expressed by reduplication, or linguistic doubling, are similar across a wide array of languages. Interestingly, some of these shared meanings do not concern doubling, repetition, or plurality. This non-arbitrariness of the sign may be attributable to the interplay of two forces: iconicity, and conceptually-based semantic extension. Cross-linguistic evidence supporting this account is presented. More generally, this paper argues that the interaction of iconicity and semantic extension constitutes a potentially powerful source of nonarbitrariness in the mapping between sound and meaning.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[],"section":"Long Papers","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5098k060","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Terry","middle_name":"","last_name":"Regier","name_suffix":"","institution":"Department of Psychology; University of Chicago","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"1998-01-01T12:00:00-06:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/33326/galley/24385/download/"}]}