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Phonological structure and ‘expressiveness’1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Erik Fudge
Erik Fudge
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Department of Linguistics, University of Cambridge
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Words of certain semantic types which can be subsumed under the label ‘expressive’ (notably onomatopoeias, movement words, and words with pejorative, jocular, or intense connotations) have a tendency in a wide range of languages to be associated with peculiarities of phonological structure – these peculiarities include types of sounds, sound-sequences and syllable-structures which can be regarded as peripheral in the language concerned.

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Journal of Linguistics , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , September 1970 , pp. 161 - 188
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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