Onomatopoeic Infinitives and Nouns in EkeGusii: Evidence for imagic and relative iconicity
Whether meaning is arbitrary or motivated remains a matter of unsettled linguistic debate. The main purpose of this discussion is to bring to linguistic attention the level of motivation in EkeGusii, a Bantu language of the Niger-Congo family spoken in Kenya, using onomatopoeic infinitives and nouns...
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| Language: | English |
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The Learned Press
2020-06-01
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| Series: | Macrolinguistics |
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| Online Access: | http://www.macrolinguistics.com/index.php?c=msg&id=854& |