Ezra Pound among the Mawu: Ideophones and iconicity in Siwu

Iconicity in Language and Literature

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages 39-54

  Dingemanse, Mark ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79951807689     PISSN: 18735037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1075/ill.10.03din     Document Type: Chapter

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