Diachronic Problems in Phonosymbolism, Volume 2Phonosymbolism, or sound symbolism (Lautsymbolik), is a vital ingredient of language growth. Many serious scholars, however, have regarded it with embarrassment or indifference. A cautious reintroduction of phonosymbolism as a factor responsible for changes undergone, in varying degrees, by most languages would now seem to be in order. The present volume brings together a number of recent articles on this subject, focusing mostly on problems from Romance languages, especially Spanish; but English also figures prominently. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Broader Aspects | 7 |
Integration of Phonosymbolism with Other Categories of Language Change | 9 |
Studies in Secondary Phonosymbolism | 43 |
t as the Carrier of the Idea of Stubborn Resistance | 69 |
SemanticallyMarked Root Morphemes in Diachronic Morphology | 81 |
From Phonosymbolism to Morphosymbolism | 157 |
Special Issues | 177 |
English Verbs Ending in Nasal r+ Consonant + I | 179 |
The Case of teso tieso | 199 |
Their Place in the Evolution from Latin into Romance | 231 |
Retrospect | 251 |
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