Diachronic problems in phonosymbolism

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Diachronic problems in phonosymbolism

Yakov Malkiel

(Edita and inedita, 1979-1988 / Yakov Malkiel, v. 1)

J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c1990

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Description

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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