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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154871203321

Titolo

The grammar of Japanese mimetics : perspectives from structure, acquisition, and translation / / edited by Noriko Iwasaki, Peter Sells, and Kimi Akita

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-315-64669-2

1-317-29578-1

1-317-29577-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 pages) : illustrations, tables, graphs

Collana

Routledge Studies in East Asian Linguistics ; ; 1

Altri autori (Persone)

AkitaKimi

IwasakiNoriko

SellsPeter <1957->

Disciplina

495.62

Soggetti

Japanese language - Onomatopoeic words

Japanese language - Mimetic words

Japanese language - Morphosyntax

Japanese language - Grammar

Sound symbolism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Grammatical and semantic properties of mimetics in Japanese -- pt. II. Acquisition of mimetics (as a first or second language) -- pt. III. Mimetics and translation.

Sommario/riassunto

Mimetic words, also known as 'sound-symbolic words', 'ideophones' or more popularly as 'onomatopoeia', constitute an important subset of the Japanese lexicon; we find them as well in the lexicons of other Asian languages and sub-Saharan African languages. Mimetics play a central role in Japanese grammar and feature in children's early utterances. However, this class of words is not considered as important in English and other European languages. This book aims to bridge the gap between the extensive research on Japanese mimetics and its availability to an international audience, and also to provide a better understanding of grammatical and structural aspects of sound-



symbolic words from a Japanese perspective. Through the accounts of mimetics from the perspectives of morpho-syntax, semantics, language development and translation of mimetic words, linguists and students alike would find this book particularly valuable.