Sound Symbolism
Contributors: Leanne Hinton (Editor); Johanna Nichols (Editor); John J. Ohala (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 2, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 383
ISBN-13: 9780521026772
Subjects: Phonetics, phonology, prosody (speech); Phonetics & Phonics; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Language; Linguistics; Language Arts & Disciplines / General; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics; Language Arts & Disciplines-Phonetics & Phonics; Sound symbolism
First sentence: In general, linguistic theory assumes that the relation between sound and meaning is arbitrary.