Joanna Podhorodecka

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Podhorodecka, Joanna 2007 Is lámatyáve a linguistic heresy? Iconicity in J.R.R. Tolkien’s invented languages Insistent Images, Tabakowska, Elżbieta, Christina Ljungberg and Olga Fischer (eds.), pp. 103–110 | Article
The aim of this paper is a brief study of iconic effects in the phonology of J.R.R. Tolkien’s invented languages. Tolkien’s notion of lámatyáve or ‘phonetic fitness’ is here explained in reference to Ivan Fónagy’s theory of symbolic vocal gestures – systematic, meaningful distortions of speech… read more