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

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 pages) : illustrations, tables, graphs
• Disciplina: 495.62
• Soggetto topico: Japanese language - Onomatopoeic words; Japanese language - Mimetic words; Japanese language - Morphosyntax; Japanese language - Grammar; Sound symbolism
• Altri autori: AkitaKimi IwasakiNoriko SellsPeter <1957->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The grammar of Japanese mimetics
• ISBN: 1-315-64669-2; 1-317-29578-1; 1-317-29577-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154871203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II