Jamie Reilly
Where did Words Come from? A Linking Theory of Sound Symbolism and Natural Language Evolution
Where did words come from? The traditional view is that the relation between the sound of a word and its meaning is arbitrary. An alternative hypothesis, known as sound symbolism, holds that form-m…
Received 06 October 2008 00:21 UTC; Posted 06 October 2008
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