Ideophones and the evolution of language /

"Ideophones have been recognized in modern linguistics at least since 1935, but they still lie far outside the concerns of mainstream (Western) linguistic debate, in part because they are most richly attested in relatively unstudied (often unwritten) languages. The evolution of language, on the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Haiman, John (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Ideaphone.
Gestures > History.
Semiotics > History.
Language and languages > Philosophy.
Historical linguistics.
Langage et langues > Philosophie.
Linguistique historique.
historical linguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Phonetics & Phonology.
Semiotics.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. The gestural origin theory of language genesis; 2. What are ideophones?; 3. Lexical origins of ideophones; 4. Suiting the word to the action: oral charades; 5. Ideophones as a possible solution to the ritualization problem; 6. Taming ideophones: from showing to telling; 7. Repetition in the genesis of signs, art, and ideophones.

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