Insectophones in the English phonosemantic system
The article is devoted the types of iconic lexis, the term insectophone is introduced and its place in the English phonosemantic system is defined. Insectophones differ from onomatopoeic words, vocatives, interjections, sound imitation words and ideophones. Insectophones take a specific niche in the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
2017-12-01
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| Series: | RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.rudn.ru/semiotics-semantics/article/view/15625 |