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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
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.

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