Ideophones /:

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; ideoph...

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Corporate Author: International Symposium on Ideophones
Other Authors: Voeltz, Erhard Friedrich Karl, 1943-, Kilian-Hatz, Christa
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2001.
Series:Typological studies in language ; v. 44.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary: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.
Item Description:Papers presented at the 1st International Symposium on Ideophones held Jan. 1999, St. Augustin, Ger.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vii, 434 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-423) and indexes.
ISBN:1588110192
9781588110190
9789027297235
9027297231
1282161741
9781282161740
9786612161742
6612161744
ISSN:0167-7373 ;

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