Publications
Publication details [#26426]
Bartens, Angela. 2000. Ideophones and sound symbolism in Atlantic creoles. (Annales Academiae Scientiarium Fennicae. Sarja-Series Humaniora 40). Finnish Academy of Science and Letters and Finnish Society of Science and Letters. 198 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Annotation
This volume states that ideophones make up a relevant category in Atlantic creoles, showing both functional and substantial correspondences with African ideophones.
The two main parts include a critical review of the literature on ideophones and an etymological database of ideophones in the Atlantic creoles.
