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1 online resource (xiii, 269 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Phonological Motivation; Motivation between Form and Meaning; Motivation between Form and Form; Scope of the Book; Main Theoretical Assumptions; Symbolic Units in Language; Usage-based Models; Structure of the Book; 2 Phonological Motivation in Language Evolution and Development; Correspondences between Sound and Meaning; Iconicity; Iconicity and the Origins of Language; Iconicity and Language Learning; Phonological Motivation in Language Acquisition |
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Consonant HarmonyOnomatopoeia; Rhyme; Phonological Motivation in the Later Years: Rhyme and Literacy; Phonological Motivation and Second Language Acquisition; Phonological Motivation and 'Unintentional Linguistic Inventions'; Malapropisms; Assimilation and Sound Exchange; Mondegreens; Phonological Motivation and Intentional Linguistic Inventions; Conclusions; 3 Phonetic Symbolism; What Is Sound Symbolism?; Corporeal Sound Symbolism; Imitative Sound Symbolism; Synaesthetic Sound Symbolism; Conventional Sound Symbolism; Correspondences between Individual Sounds and Meaning |
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Are Sound-Meaning Correspondences Universal?Phonesthemes; What Phonesthemes Are There in English?; Where Do Phonesthemes Come From?; Embodied Meaning; Learning Strategy; Imitation and Remotivation; Semantic Coherence; The Status of Phonesthemes in Morphology; Productivity; Phonetic Symbolism in Branding; Conclusions; 4 Onomatopoeia; What Is Onomatopoeia?; Revisiting the Definition of Onomatopoeia; Onomatopoeia in Use; Persuasive Speech; Poetry; Child Language and CDS; Colloquial Speech and Slang; Conclusions; 5 Rhyme and Alliteration in Blends and Compounds; Lexical Blends Revisited |
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Reduplication in EnglishFully Reduplicated Compounds; Affection and Intimacy; Contrast; Contempt; Intensification; Ablaut-Based Compounds; Rhyming Compounds; Productivity of Rhyming Compounds; Sound; Disorder; Disparagement; Deception; Children's Speech and CDS; Alliterating Compounds; Rhyme with an Already Existing Compound; Conclusions; 6 Words, Words, Words: Rhyme and Repetition in Multi-Word Expressions; Binomials; Idioms and Proverbs; Slogans and Promotional Messages; Presidential Inaugural Addresses; Legal Language; Conclusions; 7 Conclusions: The Piggy in the Middle; Back to Jakobson |
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Word-Formation and Linguistic TheorizingLanguage Acquisition; Language in Use; Appendix; References; Index |
| Summary |
The sound shape of words carries meaning for its users and also bears a range of social and interactional functions |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
English language -- Onomatopoeic words.
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Onomatopoeia.
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Sound symbolism.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Phonetics & Phonology.
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English language -- Onomatopoeic words
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Onomatopoeia
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Sound symbolism
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781316998922 |
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1316998924 |
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9781108649131 |
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1108649130 |
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