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Sound Symbolism Is The Study Of The Relationship Between The Sound Of An Utterance And Its Meaning. In This Interdisciplinary Collection Of New Studies, Twenty-four Leading Scholars Discuss The Role Of Sound Symbolism In A Theory Of Language. They Consider Sound-symbolic Processes In A Wide Range Of Languages From Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, And North And South America. Beginning With An Evocative Typology Of Sound-symbolic Processes, They Go On To Examine Not Only The Well-known Areas Of Study, Such As Onomatopoeia And Size-sound Symbolism, But Also Less Frequently Discussed Topics Such As The Sound-symbolic Value Of Vocatives And Of Involuntary Noises, And The Marginal Areas Of Conventional Sound Symbolism, Such As Phonesthemes. The Book Concludes With A Series Of Studies On The Biological Basis Of Sound Symbolism, And Draws Comparisons With The Communication Systems Of Other Species. This Is A Definitive Work On The Role Of Sound Symbolism In A Theory Of Language. The Wide-ranging New Research Presented Here Reveals That Sound Symbolism Plays A Far More Significant Role In Language Than Scholarship Has Hitherto Recognized. Symbolism In Nez Perce / Haruo Aoki -- Nootkan Voca

Author

Leanne Hinton, Johanna Nichols, and John J. Ohala

Publisher

Cambridge University Press, 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780521452199

Subjects

Language Learning, Literary Fiction, Humanities