Publisher： Cambridge University Press
E-ISSN： 1710-1115|62|2|196-220
ISSN： 0008-4131
Source： Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique, Vol.62, Iss.2, 2017-03, pp. : 196-220
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Abstract
Ideophones are described as expressive marked linguistic units with a dramaturgic depictive function. Although commonly regarded in traditional general linguistics as rare and marginal, recent research on this topic has shown that these elements are pervasive in all languages and that they might share some linguistic characteristics across languages. This article analyses Basque ideophones from a typological perspective. The main goal is to describe the structure, meaning and function of Basque ideophones and to discuss how the Basque ideophonic system fits into the cross-linguistic characterisation of these linguistic units.
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