Ideophones
Editors
The present volume represents a selection of papers presented at the International Symposium on Ideophones held in January 1999 in St. Augustin, Germany. They center around the following hypotheses: Ideophones are universal; and constitute a grammatical category in all languages of the world; ideophones and similar words have a special dramaturgic function that differs from all other word classes: they simulate an event, an emotion, a perception through language. In addition to this unique function, a good number of formal parallels can be observed. The languages dealt with here display strikingly similar patterns of derivational processes involving ideophones. An equally widespread common feature is the introduction of ideophones via a verbum dicendi or complementizer. Another observation concerns the sound-symbolic behavior of ideophones. Thus the word formation of ideophones differs from other words in their tendency for iconicity and sound-symbolism. Finally it is made clear that ideophones are part of spoken language — the language register, where gestures are used — rather than written language.
[Typological Studies in Language, 44] 2001. x, 436 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Acknowledgements | p. ix
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IntroductionF.K. Erhard Voeltz and Christa Kilian-Hatz | pp. 1–8
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Ideophones in interaction with intonation and the expression of new information in some indigenous languages of AustraliaBarry Alpher | pp. 9–24
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Ideophones and the nature of the adjective word class in EweFelix K. Ameka | pp. 25–48
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Ideophones and compound verbs in WolaittaAzeb Amha | pp. 49–62
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Research on ideophones, whither hence? The need for a social theory of ideophonesG. Tucker Childs | pp. 63–73
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Setswana ideophones as uninflected predicative lexemesDenis Creissels | pp. 75–85
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Phonosemantic correspondences in Emai attributive ideophonesFrancis Oisaghaede Egbokhare | pp. 87–96
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Defining ideophones in MundangStefan Elders | pp. 97–110
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Some expressive and borrowed elements in the lexicon of Finnish dialectsVesa Jarva | pp. 111–119
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The ideophone in DidingaNicky de Jong | pp. 121–138
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Ideophones in CilubaN.S. Kabuta | pp. 139–154
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Universality and diversity: Ideophones from Baka and KxoeChrista Kilian-Hatz | pp. 155–163
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Expressives and iconicity in the lexiconMarian A.F. Klamer | pp. 165–181
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Speaking the act: The ideophone as a linguistic rebelDaniel P. Kunene | pp. 183–191
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Phonosemantic hierarchiesOmen N. Maduka-Durunze | pp. 193–203
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Ideophones as the source of verbs in Northern Australian languagesWilliam B. McGregor | pp. 205–221
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Ideophones in the Balto-Finnic languagesEve Mikone | pp. 223–233
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The ideophone in Zulu: A re-examination of conceptual and descriptive notionsC. Themba Msimang and George Poulos | pp. 235–249
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Are ideophones really as weird and extra-systematic as linguists make them out to be?Paul Newman | pp. 251–258
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Ideas, phones and Gbaya verbal artPhilip A. Noss | pp. 259–270
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Ideophones in Pastaza QuechuaJanis B. Nuckolls | pp. 271–285
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Le statut des idéophones en gbayaPaulette Roulon-Doko | pp. 287–301
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Iconic morphology and word formation in IlocanoCarl Rubino | pp. 303–320
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Testing hypotheses about African ideophonesWilliam J. Samarin | pp. 321–337
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Ideophonic adverbs and manner gaps in EmaiRonald P. Schaefer | pp. 339–354
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Ideophone-like characteristics of uninflected predicates in Jaminjung (Australia)Eva Schultze-Berndt | pp. 355–373
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La formation des radicaux déidéophoniques et des idéophones déverbatifs en tɛtɛla (dialecte ewango)Okombe-Lukumbu Tassa | pp. 375–384
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A comparison of some Southeast Asian ideophones with some African ideophonesRichard L. Watson | pp. 385–405
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Bibliography of ideophone researchF.K. Erhard Voeltz and Christa Kilian-Hatz | pp. 407–423
“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.”
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