Mark Ellison
List of John Benjamins publications for which Mark Ellison plays a role.
Articles
2014 Iconicity: From sign to system in human communication and language Diagrammatic Reasoning, Fusaroli, Riccardo and Kristian Tylén (eds.), pp. 244–263 | Article
This paper explores the role of iconicity in spoken language and other human communication systems. First, we concentrate on graphical and gestural communication and show how semantically motivated iconic signs play an important role in creating such communication systems from scratch. We then… read more
A typological approach to language change in contact situations Diachronica: Online-First Articles | Article
Language contact phenomena have been increasingly researched from different historical linguistic, sociolinguistic, and areal-typological perspectives. However, since most of this research is based on case studies, an assessment of contact phenomena from a world-wide comparative perspective has… read more