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The audiovisual structure of onomatopoeias: An intrusion of real-world physics in lexical creation. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS One, 2018
Sound-symbolic word classes are found in different cultures and languages worldwide. These words are continuously produced to code complex information about events.
Taitz A   +6 more
europepmc   +5 more sources

Persian Onomatopoeias: An Analysis Based On Iconicity [PDF]

open access: yesزبان پژوهی, 2023
The study, identification, and explanation of the relationship between linguistic signs and their referents have been topics explored by thinkers in various fields, from philosophy to linguistics.
Banafsheh Mesgari, Raheleh Gandomkar
doaj   +1 more source

Vowel Phonotactics in Modern Korean Phonology: A Corpus-Based Approach

open access: yesLanguages, 2023
Ideophones are believed to exhibit distinct phonotactic patterns compared to regular language, in their expressiveness. Vowel harmony can be observed in ideophones in Modern Korean.
Tae-Jin Yoon
doaj   +1 more source

An outline of Lulubo phonology

open access: yesStudies in African Linguistics, 1987
This article outlines the phonology of Lulubo, a little known Central Sudanic language spoken in the southern Sudan. An account is given of the phonemic inventory (vowels, consonants, and tones), vowel harmony, syllable structure, special features of ...
Torben Andersen
doaj   +3 more sources

Ideophones in Arusa Maasai: Syntax, morphology, and phonetics

open access: yesOpen Linguistics, 2022
The present article is dedicated to the syntax, morphology, and phonetics of ideophones in Arusa Maasai. After examining the compliance of 69 ideophonic lexemes with the typologically driven prototype of an ideophone, the authors conclude that Arusa ...
Karani Michael, Andrason Alexander
doaj   +1 more source

The lexicographic treatment of ideophones in Zulu [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The ideophone, a word class not unique to but highly characteristic of the Bantu languages, presents particular challenges in both monolingual and bilingual lexicography.
de Schryver, Gilles-Maurice
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Finnish Nominal Ideophones as Evaluatives [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
ideophonesmorphologyFinnish languagePresented at Structuring Sensory Imagery: Ideophones across Languages and Cultures, May 2-3, 2014. University of Rochester, Rochester, NYWorkshop Structuring Sensory Imagery: Ideophones across Languages and Cultures ...

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The multi-modal representation of motion events in Awetí discourse

open access: yesCogniTextes, 2015
Recent research focusing on the insights gestures may offer into the mental conceptualization of motion events suggests that a number of factors may influence the way motion events are gestured in different languages.
Sabine Reiter
doaj   +1 more source

Ideophones and Reported Discourse as Depictive Signs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
自然言語への理論的アプロー
Akita, Kimi   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Corrélés sémantiques de l’alternance vocalique dans les idéophones du turc

open access: yesSignifiances (Signifying), 2020
Cet article a pour objectif d’analyser l’alternance vocalique des idéophones du turc (Harrison 2004, Ido 2011, Karahan 2008), en étudiant l’alternance sémantique qui y est associée. La méthodologie adoptée afin de démontrer la corrélation entre les deux
Nezihe Zeybek
doaj   +1 more source

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