Sound Symbolism

Book Overview

Sound symbolism is the study of the relationship between the sound of an utterance and its meaning. In this interdisciplinary collection of new studies, twenty-four leading scholars discuss the role of sound symbolism in a theory of language, drawing on a wide range of linguistic data. The extensive new research presented here reveals that sound symbolism plays a far more significant role in language than scholarship has hitherto recognized.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521452198
• ISBN13: 9780521452199
• Release Date: February 1995
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"