The Sound-Symbolic System of Japanese - Brossura

Hamano, Shoko

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1575861445 ISBN 13: 9781575861449

Casa editrice: The Center for the Study of Language and Information Publications, 1998

Riassunto

This book is the first theoretical study of sound-symbolic expressions in Japanese commonly known as mimetic words. It identifies stringent linguistic constraints on these expressions and demonstrates that they form an intricate linguistic system rather than a collection of ad hoc expressions. It then carefully identifies the sound-symbolic meanings of sound units so as to make the elusive meaning of each sound-symbolic expression fully comprehensible. In addition, this book describes a number of interesting facts about the history of the Japanese language which mimetic words reveal.

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Descrizione del libro

This book is the first theoretical study of sound-symbolic expressions in Japanese commonly known as mimetic words. It identifies stringent linguistic constraints on these expressions and demonstrates that they form an intricate linguistic system rather than a collection of ad hoc expressions.

Contenuti

Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. An overview of the sound-symbolic system; 3. Sound symbolism of mimetic adverbs based on CV Roots; 4. Sound symbolism of mimetic adverbs based on CVCV Roots; 5. Historical considerations of mimetic words; 6. Conclusion; Appendices; A. CV-based mimetic adverbs; B. CVCV-based reduplicative mimetic adverbs; C. Mimetic adverbs /CV(C)CVri/; D. CVCV-Based mimetic adverbs with palatalization; References; Index.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: The Center for the Study of Language and Information Publications
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1575861445
• ISBN 13: 9781575861449
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 272
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile