The iconicity of English gl- words: The sound as an echo to the sense

Sadowski, Piotr

doi:10.1075/ill.2.09sad

In:The Motivated Sign
Edited by Olga Fischer and Max Nänny
[Iconicity in Language and Literature 2] 2001
► pp. 69–88

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The sound as an echo to the sense

The iconicity of English gl- words

Piotr Sadowski | American College Dublin

Published online: 8 March 2001

https://doi.org/10.1075/ill.2.09sad

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