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Author: Janis B. Nuckolls Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0195358244 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 313
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Sound-symbolism occurs when words resemble the sounds associated with the phenomena they attempt to describe, rather than an arbitrary representation. For example the word raven is arbitrary in that it does not resemble a raven; cuckoo, however, is sound -symbolic in that it resembles the bird's call. In Sounds Like Life, Janis Nuckolls studies the occurrence of sound-symbolic words in Pastaza Quechua (a dialect of Quechua), which is spoken in eastern Ecuador. The use of sound-symbolic words is much more prevalent in Pastaza Quechua than in any other language, and they symbolize a wider range of sensory perceptions including sounds, rhythms, and visual patterns. Nuckolls uses discourse data from everyday contexts to demonstrate the Quechua speakers' elaborate schematic perceptual structure to describe experience through sound-symbolic language. With words for contact with a surface, opening and closing, falling, sudden realizations, and moving through water and space, Nuckolls finds that sound-symbolism is integral to the Quechua speakers' way of thinking about and expressing their experience of the world.
Author: Michael Ferber Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1108429122 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 287
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An accessible introduction to poetry's unusual uses of language that tackles a wide range of poetic features from a linguistic point of view. Equally appealing to the non-expert and more experienced student of linguistics, this book delivers an engaging and often witty summary of how we define what poetry is.
Author: Roman Jakobson Publisher: Walter de Gruyter ISBN: 9783110172850 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 356
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Reading this volume transported me back to Harvard and MIT lecture halls of the 1960s, where weekly Roman Jakobson would spellbind his audience (this reviewer included), developing his vision of language through impassioned exposition, deft and devastating allusions to critical literature, anecdotes with the force of parables, metaphors of mythic imagery, and above all else overriding verbal artistry: truly in his own phrase, 'In the poetry of grammar'. The Sound Shape of Language, his collaboration with Linda R. Waugh, a scholar who has devoted considerable attention to an exposition and elaboration of Jakobsonian views, fortunately has preserved in print the authoritative lectorial voice. Michael Silverstein in Journal of Communication
Author: N J Buratto Publisher: Booktango ISBN: 1468943340 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 18
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A Review of a scientific paper on phonetic sound symbolism by L. J. Shrum, T. M. Lowrey, David Luna, D. B. Lerman, and Min Liu. Phonetic Sound Symbolism has important implications in the marketing and branding process and is thus a vital baseline for choosing a brand name and translating it to another language.
Author: Reuven Tsur Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company ISBN: 9027257833 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 466
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This book is a collection of studies providing a unique view on two central aspects of poetry: sounds and emotive qualities, with emphasis on their interactions. The book addresses various theoretical and methodological issues related to topics like sound symbolism, poetic prosody, and voice quality in recited poetry. The authors examine how these sound-related phenomena contribute to the generation of emotive qualities and how these qualities are perceived by readers and listeners. The book builds upon Reuven Tsur’s theoretical research and supplements it from an experimental angle. It also engages in methodological debates with prevalent scientific approaches. In particular, it emphasises the importance of proper theory in empirical literary studies and the role of the personal traits of the reader in literary analysis. The intended readership of this book consists mainly of literary scholars, but it might also appeal to researchers from disciplines such as linguistics, psychology, and brain science.
Author: John R. Taylor Publisher: Oxford Handbooks ISBN: 0199641609 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 897
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The word is central to both naive and expert theories of language. Yet the definition of 'word' remains problematic. The 42 chapters of this Handbook offer a variety of perspectives on this most basic and elusive of linguistic units.
Author: Keith Allan Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0199585849 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 945
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Leading scholars examine the history of linguistics from ancient origins to the present. They consider every aspect of the field from language origins to neurolinguistics, explore the linguistic traditions in different parts of the world, examine how work in linguistics has influenced other fields, and look at how it has been practically applied