Results 51 to 60 of about 292 (150)
The Categorization of Ideophone-Gesture Composites in Quichua Narratives
Ideophones are “marked words that vividly depict sensory events” (Dingemanse, 2009, p. 1). They often occur with gesture, but the link between the two is not yet fully understood. McNeill (1992) and Streeck (2008) have proposed classification schemas for
Cano, Maria Graciela
core
As the site of Siam’s first interaction with the Europeans, Ayutthaya is regarded as having an open social scheme. As seen by the journey made by the French ambassadors to the court in Ayutthaya under King Narai (Narayana), the Siamese court ...
Waraporn Cherdchoo
doaj +1 more source
In this thesis, the phonetic, phonological, morphological, syntactic and semantic characteristics of the ideophone are investigated. ldeophones constitute a subsystem of the language while other word classes constitute the main system.
Marivate, Cornelius Tennyson Daniel
core
Ideophones are marked words which depict sensory imagery and are usually considered iconic by native speakers (i.e., ideophones sound like what they mean). Owing to shared cross-linguistic characteristics of expressive prosody, reduplication, and unusual
Thompson Arthur Lewis +3 more
doaj +1 more source
Ideophones are words that vividly depict sensory experience with marked forms. They abound in many languages of the world, including Niger-Congo, Afro-Asiatic, Dravidian, Austroasiatic, and Quechuan languages as well as Japanese, Korean, Turkish, and Basque.
openaire +1 more source
The ideophone in Xitsonga : A morphosemantic analysis
Thesis (M.A. (Translation Studies and Linguistics)) --University of Limpopo, 2009This mini-research dissertation discusses the morphosemantic properties of the ideophone in Xitsonga.The ideophone is also analysed in terms of the Theta theory as proposed ...
Kubayi, Sikheto Joe
core
M.A.The study of the ideophone as a linguistic phenomenon has, with regard to the Nguni group of languages, received considerable attention to date. Concerning Southern Sotho, however, the handling of this word category has been rudimentary.
Kock, Levina Jacoba
core +1 more source
This work presents a morpho-syntactic and semantic analysis of ideophones in Tee. The work used the descriptive research design to describe aspects of the morphological and syntactic structures of ideophones in the language. Data for the work were gathered from the 5 Tee language consultants (native speakers), during oral interviews on the use of fixed
Samuel Fubara Joshua, Iniah Barikpe
openaire +1 more source
Ideophone usage in Swedish : A corpus survey
Ideofoner i svenska har inte studerats i någon större utsträckning. Fenomenet ideofoner har uppmärksammats mer i andra språk, främst i språk i delar av Asien och Afrika. Traditionellt har de betraktats som en underkategori till interjektioner. Syftet med
Hagström-Krüger, Joakim
core

