Sounds Like Life Sound-Symbolic Grammar, Performance, and Cognition in Pastaza Quechua |
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| Author:
| Nuckolls, Janis B. |
| Series title: | Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-508985-1 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1996 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $280.00AUD $370.00 |
Book Description:
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Nuckolls studies the occurrence of sound-symbolic words - words that bear resemblance to phenomena they attempt to describe - in an Ecuadorian dialect of Quechua, a major South American language. She explores how the speakers describe everyday experience and how sound-symbolism is integral to their way of thinking and speaking.
Nuckolls studies the occurrence of sound-symbolic words - words that bear resemblance to phenomena they attempt to describe - in an Ecuadorian dialect of Quechua, a major South American language. She explores how the speakers describe everyday experience and how sound-symbolism is integral to their way of thinking and speaking.