Diachronic Problems in Phonosymbolism: Edita and Inedita, 1979-1988.
| Author/creator | Malkiel, Yakov, 1914- Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company [Distributor] |
| Description | vii, 274 p. 23.000 x 015.000 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Summary | Annotation Phonosymbolism, or sound symbolism (Lautsymbolik), is a vital ingredient of language growth. Many serious scholars, however, have regarded it with embarrassment or indifference. A cautious reintroduction of phonosymbolism as a factor responsible for changes undergone, in varying degrees, by most languages would now seem to be in order. The present volume brings together a number of recent articles on this subject, focusing mostly on problems from Romance languages, especially Spanish; but English also figures prominently. Contents Introduction; Integration of phonosymbolism with other categories of language change; Studies in secondary phonosymbolism; Language-universal versus language-specific phonosymbolism; Semantically marked root morphemes in diachronic morphology; From phonosymbolism to morphosymbolism; English verbs ending in (nasal) consonant l; Morpho-semantic conditioning of Spanish diphthongization; Six categories of nasal epenthesis; Retrospect; Index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 89017827 |
| ISBN | 9789027220660 |
| ISBN | 9027220662 (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9789027220660 |
| Stock number | 00323570 |
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