Ideophones in unexpected places

Mark Dingemanse

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Categorization, perception, and language Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation Language, Metaphor, and Cognition

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Drawing from a varied corpus spanning several hours and many types of discourse, this paper presents novel facts about ideophone usage in Siwu, a Kwa language from eastern Ghana. It is divided into three parts. The first part introduces ideophones and the Siwu language. The second part provides a brief

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