Overview

This looks closely at the subject of ideophones, including such topics as: ideophones and compound verbs in Wolaitta, defining ideophones in Mundang, universality and diversity - ideophones from Baka and Kxoe and phonosemantic correspondences in Emai attributive ideophones.

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Author:   F.K. Erhard Voeltz (Cologne University) ,  Christa Kilian-Hatz (Cologne University)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   44
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 24.50cm
Weight:   0.740kg
ISBN:  

9789027229465

ISBN 10:   9027229465
Pages:   436
Publication Date:   19 December 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Acknowledgements; 2. Introduction (by Voeltz, F.K. Erhard); 3. Ideophones in interaction with intonation and the expression of new information in some indigenous languages of Australia (by Alpher, Barry); 4. Ideophones and the nature of the adjective word class in Ewe (by Ameka, Felix K.); 5. Ideophones and compound verbs in Wolaitta (by Amha, Azeb); 6. Research on ideophones, whither hence?: The need for a social theory of ideophones (by Childs, G. Tucker); 7. Setswana ideophones as uninflected predicative lexemes (by Creissels, Denis); 8. Phonosemantic correspondences in Emai attributive ideophones (by Egbokhare, Francis Oisaghaede); 9. Defining ideophones in Mundang (by Elders, Stefan); 10. Some expressive and borrowed elements in the lexicon of Finnish dialects (by Jarva, Vesa); 11. The ideophone in Didinga (by Jong, Nicky de); 12. Ideophones in Ciluba (by Kabuta, N.S.); 13. Universality and diversity: Ideophones from Baka and Kxoe (by Kilian-Hatz, Christa); 14. Expressives and iconicity in the lexicon (by Klamer, Marian A.F.); 15. Speaking the act: The ideophone as a linguistic rebel (by Kunene, Daniel P.); 16. Phonosemantic hierarchies (by Maduka-Durunze, Omen N.); 17. Ideophones as the source of verbs in Northern Australian languages (by McGregor, William B.); 18. Ideophones in the Balto-Finnic languages (by Mikone, Eve); 19. The ideophone in Zulu: A re-examination of conceptual and descriptive notions (by Msimang, C. Themba); 20. Are ideophones really as weird and extra-systematic as linguists make them out to be? (by Newman, Paul); 21. Ideas, phones and Gbaya verbal art (by Noss, Philip A.); 22. Ideophones in Pastaza Quechua (by Nuckolls, Janis); 23. Le statut des ideophones en gbaya (by Roulon-Doko, Paulette); 24. Iconic morphology and word formation in Ilocano (by Rubino, Carl); 25. Testing hypotheses about African ideophones (by Samarin, William J.); 26. Ideophonic adverbs and manner gaps in Emai (by Schaefer, Ronald P.); 27. Ideophone-like characteristics of uninflected predicates in Jaminjung (Australia) (by Schultze-Berndt, Eva); 28. La formation des radicaux deideophoniques et des ideophones deverbatifs en tetela (dialecte ewango) (by Tassa, Okombe-Lukumbu); 29. A comparison of some Southeast Asian ideophones with some African ideophones (by Watson, Richard L.); 30. Bibliography of ideophone research (by Voeltz, F.K. Erhard)

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The volume provides the reader with enormously rich material on a wide range of languages. This alone is a good reason for having this book on one's shelf. Moreover, this phenomenon, having been neglected in linguistics for a long time, is shown to be worth the while to study. Typologists, ethnolinguists and semioticians will surely take an interest in the contents of the book. -- STUFF, 57(4), 2004

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