The Grammar of Japanese Mimetics Perspectives from Structure, Acquisition, and Translation |
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| Editor:
| Iwasaki, Noriko
Sells, Peter
Akita, Kimi |
| Series title: | Routledge Studies in East Asian Linguistics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-317-29577-8 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2016 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $49.95USD $180.00USD $180.00 |
Book Description:
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Mimetic words, also known as 'sound-symbolic words', 'ideophones' or 'onomatopoeia', constitute an important subset of the Japanese lexicon as well as that of other Asian languages and sub-Saharan African languages. It plays a central role in Japanese grammar and feature in children's early utterances. Through accounts of mimetics from the perspectives of morpho-syntax, semantics, language development and translation of mimetic words, this book aims to bridge the gap between the...
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Mimetic words, also known as 'sound-symbolic words', 'ideophones' or 'onomatopoeia', constitute an important subset of the Japanese lexicon as well as that of other Asian languages and sub-Saharan African languages. It plays a central role in Japanese grammar and feature in children's early utterances. Through accounts of mimetics from the perspectives of morpho-syntax, semantics, language development and translation of mimetic words, this book aims to bridge the gap between the research on Japanese mimetics and its availability to an international audience, and provides a better understanding of grammatical and structural aspects of sound-symbolic words from a Japanese perspective.