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...
Mimetic words, also known as sound-symbolic words, ideophones or more popularly as onomatopoeia, constitute an important subset of the Japanese lex...
About 47 million people in Southeast China, Taiwan and Southeast Asia speak Southern Min, a major Chinese dialect group. Yet, Southern Min itself is linguistically diversified. How did Southern Min evolve into its present forms? What is the relationship between different members in this dialect group? Southern Min: Comparative Phonology and Subgrouping attempts to provide answers to these questions from a phylogenetic perspective. Using largely first-hand data, the author offers the first phonological reconstruction of Proto-Southern-Min from which all modern dialects are assumed to...
About 47 million people in Southeast China, Taiwan and Southeast Asia speak Southern Min, a major Chinese dialect group. Yet, Southern Min itself i...
