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Sounds Like Life: Sound-Symbolic Grammar, Performance, and Cognition in Pastaza Quechua (Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics, 2)
Sounds Like Life SoundSymbolic Grammar Performance and Cognition in Pastaza Quechua - Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics, 2
Author: Janis B. Nuckolls
All languages feature sound symbolism, which occurs when the form of a linguistic utterance resembles in some way what it describes or refers to. Onomatopoeic words, such as thump and whack, are a couple of examples from English. For English speakers and other westerners, however, sound symbolism is relegated to whimsical styles of speech and wr...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195089851
ISBN-10: 0195089855
Publication Date: 3/22/1996
Pages: 298
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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