1 Term coined by C.W.Morris that designates the measure of similarity between the icon and the object to which it refers. 2 Concept of text interpretations developed within the framework of semiotics that is based on a correspondence between the...

// n. A direct correlation between a conceptual notion or distinction and its linguistic representation. Iconicity has not usually been considered a prominent feature of grammatical structures, but recently several linguists have pointed out...

n. The existence of some kind of direct, motivated, non-arbitrary relation between a phonological form and its meaning. The most familiar example is onomatopoeia, but other types exist. Adj. iconic Ant....

In functional-cognitive linguistics, as well as in semiotics, iconicity is the conceived similarity or analogy between a form of a sign (linguistic or otherwise) and its meaning, as opposed to arbitrariness. Iconic...