Review published in:
Studies in Language
Vol. 21:2 (1997) ► pp. 433–442
Book review

Leanne Hinton, Johanna Nichols & John J. Ohala (eds.). Sound Symbolism
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. x+373 pp. ISBN 0 521 45219 8hard $59.95

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| Shikoku Gakuin University, Japan
Published online: 01 January 1997
https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.21.2.10cse
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