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1 online resource (vii, 434 pages) |
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Typological studies in language, 0167-7373 ; v. 44 |
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Typological studies in language ; v. 44. 0167-7373
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Machine generated contents note: Ideophones in interaction with intonation and the expression of new information in some indigenous languages of Australia / Barry Alpher -- Ideophones and the nature of the adjective word class in Ewe / Felix K. Ameka -- Ideophones and compound verbs in Wolaitta / Azeb Amha -- Research on ideophones, whither hence?: The need for a social theory of ideophones / G. Tucker Childs -- Setswana ideophones as uninflected predicative lexemes / Denis Creissels -- Phonosemantic correspondences in Emai attributive ideophones / Francis O. Egbokhare -- Defining ideophones in Mundang / Stefan Elders -- Some expressive and borrwed elements in the lexicon of Finnish dialects / Vesa Jarva -- ideophone in Didinga / Nicky de Jong -- Ideophones in Ciluba / N.S. Kabuta -- Universality and diversity: Ideophones from Baka and Kxoe / Christa Kilian-Hatz -- Expressives and iconicity in the lexicon |
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The present volume represents a selection of papers presented at the International Symposium on Ideophones held in January 1999 in St. Augustin, Germany. They center around the following hypotheses: Ideophones are universal; and constitute a grammatical category in all languages of the world; ideophones and similar words have a special dramaturgic function that differs from all other word classes: they simulate an event, an emotion, a perception through language. In addition to this unique function, a good number of formal parallels can be observed. The languages dealt with here display striki |
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Papers presented at the 1st International Symposium on Ideophones held Jan. 1999, St. Augustin, Ger |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-423) and indexes |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Ideophone -- Congresses
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Ideophone
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Ideofonen.
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Voeltz, Erhard Friedrich Karl, 1943-
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Kilian-Hatz, Christa.
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International Symposium on Ideophones (1st : 1999 : Sankt Aug.in, Germany)
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| ISBN |
1588110192 |
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9781588110190 |
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9789027297235 |
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9027297231 |
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1282161741 |
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9781282161740 |
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9786612161742 |
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6612161744 |
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