Neurological evidence for the context-independent multisensorial semantics of ideophones in Pastaza Kichwa: an fNIRS study in the Ecuadorian Amazon

Ideophones – imitative words using the stream of speech to simulate/depict the rise and fall of sensory perceptions and emotions and temporal experiences of completiveness, instantaneousness, and repetitiveness – have been characterized as semantically empty and context-dependent. The research repor...

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Main Authors: Dan P. Dewey, Jeffrey J. Green, Janis Nuckolls, Auna Nygaard, Todd D. Swanson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press
Series:Language and Cognition
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1866980823000558/type/journal_article