Haiman(1985)concluded: "The surface form of a sentence iconically diagrams its semantics. "
Haiman（1985）认为：“句子的表层形式是语义的象似图式。”Imagic iconicity in language suggests that there exists a direct relation between the form (sound) and its meaning.
映象象似指的是形式（声音）和内容之间的直接关系。Iconicity, as a polar opposite to arbitrariness in language system, is an inherent property of language itself.
指出语言的象似性作为语言符号系统内与任意性相对的一极，也是语言的固有根本属性。Iconicity is ubiquitous in literary language. It is emphasized as one of the constraints in poetic text structure.
象似性普遍存在于文学语言之中，对于诗歌语言而言，象似性被强调为制约诗歌篇章结构的原则之一。Iconicity manifests itself at several dimensions of advertising language: phonology, graphology, syntactic structure and text.
象似性广泛存在于广告语言的音系，排版，语法结构和语篇中。The arbitrariness theory of language signs proposed by Saussure is severely challenged by the study of language iconicity in recent years.
索绪尔提出的语言符号任意性，近些年不断受到质疑，来自语言象似性的研究是最大的挑战。The iconic representation of linguistic meaning has shaken the law of arbitrariness in Saussurean linguistics.
意义的象似表征理论动摇了索绪尔语言学中任意性的定律。The fourth chapter provides evidences in detail to support the existence of Aesthetic Iconicity in languages systems.
在第四章中，作者以语言系统中大量的实例论证并支持了美学象似性的存在及其特性。This thesis is intended to probe into the mechanism of linguistic iconicity in verbal communication from the cognitive perspective.
本文旨在从认知视角探讨语言象似性在言语交际中的运行机制。