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In:Ideophones, Mimetics and Expressives
Edited by Kimi Akita and Prashant Pardeshi
[Iconicity in Language and Literature 16] 2019
► pp. 1–10

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Introduction: Ideophones, mimetics, and expressives

Theoretical and typological perspectives

 | Nagoya University | National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (NINJAL)
 | Nagoya University | National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (NINJAL)
Published online: 6 May 2019
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https://doi.org/10.1075/ill.16.01aki
Article outline
  • 1.Background and goals
  • 2.A view from Japanese linguistics
  • 3.Chapters
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
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