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This book argues that ideophones provide the 'missing link' in our knowledge of how communication has evolved to become the spoken language of today.
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This volume explores new frontiers in the linguistic study of iconic lexemes known as ideophones, mimetics, and expressives. A large part of the literature on t
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Ideophones
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The present volume represents a selection of papers presented at the International Symposium on Ideophones held in January 1999 in St. Augustin, Germany. They c