The Physical Foundation of Language: Exploration of a Hypothesis, Volume 2The author, 1973 - Gesture |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
A496 | 47 |
EVIDENCE FROM OTHER LANGUAGES | 56 |
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The Physical Foundation of Language: Exploration of a Hypothesis Robin Allott No preview available - 2001 |
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action Amerindian appears appropriateness Arabic Arawak aspect of meaning associated Basque Chinese CLAMP CLAP CLASP CLENCH CLUMP CLUSTER comparative linguistics consonants defined degree of resemblance derived dictionary different languages element etymology examination experimental subjects explanation Finnish Firth force forward movement French German Greek GRIP group beginning group of words Guahiban Hausa Hebrew homophones Hungarian hypothesis imitative Indo-European Indo-European languages initial letter Japanese Korean Latin linguistics Lozi Malay Malayalam meaning of words meaning-aspect meaning-contribution natural number of words object ODEE onomatopoeia onomatopoeic parallel particular phonaesthetic phonetic symbolism POKE PRICK pronouns and demonstratives referring relation between sound relation of sound remote languages resemblance as follows resemblances between words Samoan seems sharp short vowel similar sound and meaning sound symbolism sound-elements sound-structure sound/meaning relation striking sub-group Swahili systematic relation Telegu tonal languages total meaning Tucanoan universal phonetic symbolism unrelated Venda verb vocabulary vowel words beginning words which resemble