Introduction: Ideophones, mimetics, and expressives
Theoretical and typological perspectives
Kimi Akita |
Nagoya University
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National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (NINJAL)
Prashant Pardeshi |
Nagoya University
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National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (NINJAL)
Article outline
- 1.Background and goals
- 2.A view from Japanese linguistics
- 3.Chapters
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Acknowledgements
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References
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