" Sound symbolism" in English

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 104-118

  Feist, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Iconicity; Ideophone; Indexicality; Phonic use; Sound symbolism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871607613     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2012.10.008     Document Type: Article

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