Defining iconicity: An articulation-based methodology for explaining the phonological structure of ideophones
Iconicity is when linguistic units are perceived as ‘sounding like what they mean,’ so that phonological structure of an iconic word is what begets its meaning through perceived imitation, rather than an arbitrary semantic link. Fundamental examples are onomatopoeia, e.g., dog’s barking: woof woof (...
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| Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities
2019-06-01
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| Series: | Glossa |
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| Online Access: | https://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/872 |