Sounds like life : sound-symbolic grammar, performance, and cognition in Pastaza Quechua / Janis B. Nuckolls.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nuckolls, Janis B., author.

Series:

Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; 2.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quechua language--Onomatopoeic words.

Quechua language.

Quechua language--Aspect.

Quechua language--Ecuador--Pastaza (Province).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sound-symbolism occurs when words resemble the sounds associated with the phenomena they attempt to describe, rather than an arbitrary representation. For example the word raven is arbitrary in that it does not resemble a raven; cuckoo, however, is sound -symbolic in that it resembles the bird's call. In Sounds Like Life, Janis Nuckolls studies the occurrence of sound-symbolic words in Pastaza Quechua (a dialect of Quechua), which is spoken in eastern Ecuador. The use of sound-symbolic words is much more prevalent in Pastaza Quechua than in any other language, and they symbolize a wider range

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations and Symbols; I: Sound-Symbolic Grammar and Performance; 1 Introduction; 2 The Theoretical Dimensions of Aspect; 3 The Grammatical Ecology of Aspect in Pastaza Quechua; 4 The Performative Expression of Durativity and Perfectivity; 5 Sound-Symbolic Involvement; 6 Signs of Life in Sound; II: The Sound-Symbolic Construction of Spatiotemporal Experience; 7 Sound-Symbolic Iconicity and Grammar; 8 Sound-Symbolic Contrasts of Sensible Experience; 9 Sound Symbols of Contact and Penetration; 10 Sound Symbols of Opening and Closing; 11 Sound Symbols of Falling

12 Sound Symbols of Deformation13 Sound Symbols of Suddenness and Completiveness; 14 Conclusion; Appendix: Conjugation of rina; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-294) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-772246-6

1-280-44310-3

1-4237-3666-4

0-19-535824-4

1-60129-985-0

OCLC:

191937026