一、引言象似性是对语言形式或结构与其所表达的概念或概念结构之间的相似关系的研究。它可被视为是一种从微观的角度对语言现象进行的分析和研究。语言形式的长度、复杂性或语言成分的相互关系平行于它们所编码的概念、经验和交际策略。形式与概念之间在很大程度上存在着理据性。象似性的概念最早是由皮尔士(C.S.Peirce)于19世纪末提出的。语言符号的象似性在近几十年来已受到许多语言学家的关注,其中包括Jakoboson(1965)、 I. Introduction Iconicity is a study of the similarities between language forms or structures and the concepts or conceptual structures they express. It can be regarded as a kind of analysis and study of linguistic phenomena from the microscopic point of view. The length, complexity, or linguistic components of linguistic forms are related to each other in parallel with the concepts, experiences, and communication strategies that they encode. There is a lot of rationality between form and concept. The concept of iconicity was first proposed by C. S. Peirce at the end of the 19th century. Iconicity of linguistic signs has attracted the attention of many linguists in recent decades, including Jakoboson (1965),