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Title Ideophones, mimetics and expressives / edited by Kimi Akita, Prashant Pardeshi.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Iconicity in language and literature, 1873-5037 ; Volume 16
Iconicity in language and literature. 1873-5037 ; Volume 16.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Editors and contributors -- Abbreviations and symbols -- Introduction ideophones, mimetics, and expressives: Theoretical and typological perspectives / Kimi Akita and Prashant Pardeshi -- Part I. Phonology and morphology: 1. 'Ideophone' as a comparative concept / Mark Dingemanse -- 2. The phonological structure of Japanese mimetics and motherese / Haruo Kubozono -- 3. Monosyllabic and disyllabic roots in the diachronic development of Japanese mimetics / Shoko Hamano -- 4. Cross-linguistic variation in phonaesthemic canonicity, with special reference to Korean and English / Nahyun Kwon -- 5. Classification of nominal compounds containing mimetics: A Construction Morphology perspective / Kiyoko Toratani -- Part II. Semantics and pragmatics: 6. Towards a semantic typological classification of motion ideophones: The motion semantic grid / Iraide Ibarretxe-Antuñano -- 7. The sensori-semantic clustering of ideophonic meaning in Pastaza Quichua / Janis B. Nuckolls -- 8. The power of 'not saying who' in Czech onomaopoeia / Masako U. Fidler -- 9. Mimetics, gaze, and facial expression in a multimodal corpus of Japanese / Kimi Akita -- Part III. Language acquisition and multilingualism: 10. The structure of mimetic verbs in child and adult Japanese / Keiko Murasugi -- 11. Iconicity in L2 Japanese speakers' multi-modal language use: Mimetics and co-speech gesture in relation to L1 and Japanese proficiency / Noriko Iwasaki and Keiko Yoshioka -- 12. Ideophones as a measure of multilingualism / G. Tucker Childs -- Name index-- Subject index -- Language index.
Contents Intro; Ideophones, Mimetics and Expressives; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Editors and contributors; Abbreviations and symbols; Introduction. Ideophones, mimetics, and expressives: Theoretical and typological perspectives; 1. Background and goals; 2. A view from Japanese linguistics; 3. Chapters; Acknowledgements; References; Part I. Phonology and morphology; Chapter 1. 'Ideophone' as a comparative concept; 1. Introduction; 2. Ideophone as a typological concept; 2.1 Five key properties of ideophones; 2.2 Refining the definition
2.3 Ideophones are not (just) iconic signs3. Ideophones and related phenomena; 3.1 Phonaesthemes; 3.2 Semantic subclasses: The case of Mwaghavul; 3.3 Diachronic diversions: An Aslian parallel; 3.4 Are there ideophones in signed languages?; 4. In closing; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 2. The phonological structure of Japanese mimetics and motherese; 1. Introduction; 2. Syntactic and morphological structures; 3. Phonological structures; 3.1 Word length; 3.2 Prosodic structure; 3.3 Accent; 4. Conclusions; Acknowledgment; References
Chapter 3. Monosyllabic and disyllabic roots in the diachronic development of Japanese mimetics1. Introduction; 2. Synchronic contrasts between monosyllabic and disyllabic mimetic roots; 2.1 Sound symbolism; 2.2 Phonotactics; 3. Diachronic changes in monosyllabic and disyllabic mimetic roots; 3.1 Syllable-final nasal /N/; 3.2 Development of /h/ in monosyllabic and disyllabic mimetic roots; 4. Implications for cross-linguistic discussions of mimetics; References; Chapter 4. Cross-linguistic variation in phonaesthemic canonicity, with special reference to Korean and English; 1. Introduction
2. Canonical Typology2.1 Essential components of the framework: base, core, and criteria; 2.2 Previous study on phonaesthemic canonicity: Kwon and Round (2015); 3. Overview of Korean phonaesthemes in ideophones; 4. Data; 5. Canonical analysis of Korean paradigmatic phonaesthemes; 5.1 Frequency among lexical stems; 5.2 Frequency among parts of speech; 5.3 Image iconicity; 5.4 One form, one meaning; 5.5 Non-recurrent residues; 5.6 Transparency of form; 6. Discussion; 7. Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References
Chapter 5. Classification of nominal compounds containing mimetics: A Construction Morphology perspective1. Introduction; 2. Previous literature; 3. Background information; 3.1 Construction Morphology; 3.2 Lexical categories in Japanese; 4. Data; 4.1 Consulted examples; 4.2 Classification: method; 5. Attributive compounds; 6. Subordinate compounds; 6.1 Subordinate compounds: Ground type; 6.2 Subordinate compounds: verbal-nexus type; 6.3 Verbal-nexus type with a non-mimetic head; 6.4 Verbal-nexus type with a mimetic head; 7. Double-headed compounds; 8. Concluding remarks; Acknowledgements
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Subject Iconicity (Linguistics)
Iconicity (Linguistics)
Visual communication.
Visual communication.
Mimetic words.
Mimetic words.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Ideophone.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Ideophone.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Akita, Kimi, editor.
Parudeshi, Purashanto, 1965- editor.
Other Form: Print version: Ideophones, mimetics and expressives. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2019] 9789027203113 (DLC) 2019002823
ISBN 9789027262608 (pdf)
9027262608
9789027203113 (hardback ; alkaline paper)