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Sounds Like Life

- Sound-symbolic Grammar, Performance, and Cognition in Pastaza Quechua

About Sounds Like Life

Nuckolls studies the occurrence of sound-symbolic words - words that bear resemblance to phenomena they attempt to describe - in an Ecuadorian dialect of Quechua, a major South American language. She explores how the speakers describe everyday experience and how sound-symbolism is integral to their way of thinking and speaking.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780195089851
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 312
  • Published:
  • September 18, 1996
  • Dimensions:
  • 160x235x25 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 618 g.
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Expected delivery: December 14, 2024

Description of Sounds Like Life

Nuckolls studies the occurrence of sound-symbolic words - words that bear resemblance to phenomena they attempt to describe - in an Ecuadorian dialect of Quechua, a major South American language. She explores how the speakers describe everyday experience and how sound-symbolism is integral to their way of thinking and speaking.

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