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In functional-cognitive linguistics, iconicity is the conceived similarity or analogy between a form of language and its meaning.

Iconic principles:

• Quantity principle: formal complexity corresponds to conceptual complexity
• Proximity principle: conceptual distance tends to match with linguistic distance
• Sequential order principle: the sequential order of events described is mirrored in the speech chain

Iconic coding principles are natural tendencies in language and are also part of our cognitive and biological make-up.

Contents 1 See also 2 References & Bibliography 3 Key texts 3.1 Books 3.2 Papers 4 Additional material 4.1 Books 4.2 Papers 5 External links

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• Semeiotic
• Semiotics
• Sign
• Sign relation
• Triadic relation

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• Simcock, G., & DeLoache, J. (2006). Get the Picture? The Effects of Iconicity on Toddlers' Reenactment from Picture Books. Developmental Psychology, Vol.42, No. 6, 1352-1357. Full text

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