Sound symbolism

Akita, Kimi

doi:10.1075/hop.19.sou1

In:Handbook of Pragmatics: 2015 Installment
Edited by Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren
[Handbook of Pragmatics 19] 2015

Sound symbolism

Kimi Akita

Published online: 27 November 2015

https://doi.org/10.1075/hop.19.sou1

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