Onomatopoeia and Metaphor

Japanese has a great number of onomatopoeic expressions. The frequency of their usage in communication varies from situation to situation. For example, the frequency in casual speech is higher than in formal speech. Also, the usage of onomatopoeic expressions is often found in newspaper headlines, a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tomoda, Shizuko
Language:en_US
Published: University of Arizona Linguistics Circle 1984
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/226545