A Cross-Linguistic Research into Phonetic Iconicity
Phonetic iconicity in evaluative morphology is an integral part of sound symbolism in natural languages. Former research in this field has brought contradictory results. On the one hand, there is Universal #1926 (Plank and Filimonova’s Universals Archive, Konstanz) claiming universal marking of dimi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3
2011-03-01
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Series: | Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology |
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Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/lexis/409 |