Diachronic problems in phonosymbolism
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Diachronic problems in phonosymbolism
（Edita and inedita, 1979-1988 / Yakov Malkiel, v. 1）
J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c1990
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Phonosymbolism, or sound symbolism (Lautsymbolik), is a vital ingredient of language growth. Many serious scholars, however, have regarded it with embarrassment or indifference. A cautious reintroduction of phonosymbolism as a factor responsible for changes undergone, in varying degrees, by most languages would now seem to be in order. The present volume brings together a number of recent articles on this subject, focusing mostly on problems from Romance languages, especially Spanish; but English also figures prominently.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Lexicology
- 3. From Intuitive Etymology through Word-History to Microglottology
- 4. Problems in the Diachronic Differentiation of Near-Homophones
- 5. Toward Higher Formalization in Etymology: The Spanish Culinary Term ciliervade and its Variants
- 6. Crumena, a Latin Lexical Isolate, and its Survival in Hispano-Romance (Sp. Colmena, dial. cormena 'Beehive')
- 7. Affixation
- 8. Infinitive Endings, Conjugation Classes, Nominal Derivational Suffixes, and Vocalic Gamuts in Romance
- 9. The Old French Verbal Abstracts in -eiz
- 10. Phonology
- 11. Apocope: Straight
- Through Contact of Languages
- via Suffixal Polarization. The Spanish Derivational Morphemes and Word-Final Segments -in and -ino
- 12. The Transmission into Romance of Latin nodus, nupti/, nurus, and nux: Diachronic Interplay of Phonetic and Semantic Analogies
- 13. The Fluctuating Intensity of a 'Sound Law': Some Vicissitudes of Latin eand oin Spanish
- 14. The Discovery in Old French Phonology of the Niece, Piece, Tierc, Cierge Type
- 15. Retrospect
- 16. Index of Names
- 17. Index of Key Concepts
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