Comparative Concept: phonomime (str)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
phonomime (str)
| Typ | strategy (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | phonomime |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | phonomime (str) |
Umbrella
Hierarchy
Definition
the ideophone strategy used to express a property of sound emission. Example: Japanese potapota potapota 'dripping' is a phonomime; it describes the sound of dripping using an ideophone. (Section 14.4)