A re-examination of conceptual and descriptive notions: The ideophone in Zulu

Msimang, C. Themba; Poulos, George

doi:10.1075/tsl.44.19msi

In:Ideophones
Edited by F.K. Erhard Voeltz and Christa Kilian-Hatz
[Typological Studies in Language 44] 2001
► pp. 235–249

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The ideophone in Zulu

A re-examination of conceptual and descriptive notions

C. Themba Msimang | University of South Africa

George Poulos | University of South Africa

Published online: 19 December 2001

https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.44.19msi

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