Rhyme over reason : phonological motivation in English /

We are fascinated by what words sound like. This fascination also drives us to search for meaning in sound, thereby contradicting the principle of the arbitrariness of the linguistic sign. Phonesthemes, onomatopoeia or rhyming compounds all share the property of carrying meaning by virtue of what th...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Benczes, Réka (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Subjects:	English language > Onomatopoeic words. Onomatopoeia. Sound symbolism. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology.