summary vowels sound symbolism summary vowels sound symbolism two weeks ago circulated message list asking information languages soundsymbolic vowel hierarchies prompted message description came across longzhou dialect zhuang language spoken guangxi province southwestern china language vowel hierarchy following order e u w unrounded u manifest verbs adjectives measures language higher hierarchy vowel greater magnitude intensity word example 1 measures 1 ni p7 tsi3 small stack paper ne p7 tsi3 big stack paper 2 je m1 kw1 tiny pinch salt ja m1 kw1 big handful salt 3 ki n5 mai4 tiny branch kw n5 mai4 big branch 2 verbs 1 di u1 pry using small tool da u1 pry using large tool 2 je t7 small object bouncing ja t7 large object bouncing 3 t7 dig using small tool va t7 dig using large tool 3 adjectives 1 e u3 bend break e u3 bje p8 bje p8 break silently e u3 bja p8 bja p8 break slightly louder first e u3 bjo p8 bjo p8 break loudly e u3 bju p8 bju p8 break loudly 2 lai1 flow lai1 se2 se2 flow softly lai1 sa2 sa2 flow slightly louder first lai1 so2 so2 flow loudly lai1 su2 su2 flow loudly 3 hau3 weather warm hau3 je m5 weather slightly warm hau3 jo m5 weather warm hau3 ju m5 weather extremely warm asked languages similar mechanisms replies thanks jan lindstrom stephen p spackman hiroshi hanara bruce connell anne gilman dirk elzinga mark huber xie zhiming 1983 longzhou zhuangyu de yuanyin jiaoti vowel alternations zhuang language longzhou yuyan yanjiu 5 212218 correspondence system means discrete similar vowel hierarchies ordering japanese onomatopoeic words describe natural sound repetition number magnitude perceived sizes generally one think continuum sort general attributes indicated e u small sharp light large blunt heavy intense u phonetically unrounded high mid back vowel recall discussion sound symbolism onomatopoeia japanese _ dictionary basic japanese grammar _ japan times tokyo 1987 makino seiichi tsutsui michio book intended learners japanese discussion onomatopoeia toward end book may still useful hiroshi nara associate professor japanese language eall university pittsburgh pittsburgh pa 15260 usa wasco chinookan evidently diminuitive morpheme several degrees intensity varying according consonant qualities may two axes actually least one goes ejectivevoiced unvoiced labialized something nt paper front pardon factual errors phenomenon also involves vowel alternation paper michael silverstein came title sound symbolism edited leanne hinton johanna nichols john j ohala published cambridge england new york cambridge university press 1994 description x 373 p ill 24 cm notes includes bibliographical references index subjects sound symbolism authors hinton leanne nichols johanna ohala john j isbn 0521452198 oclc number 29027865 thought would toss idea hopper anne gilman grad student ut austin nt know parallel examples ibibio lengthen vowel show increasing duration repetition action actually bit complicated meanwhile suggest check paper ohala ethiological use pitch think appeared phonetica early 80s think done work sound symbolism including recent book hinton nichols ohala eds name actually two ohala phonetica one 1983 one 1984 yoruba rugudu hhh mall spherical buttocks vs rogodo hhh large round yams understood posting fits e longzhou hierarchy came across child paper sound symbolism book original source courtenay 1976 nb words ideophones yoruba suggestion two words reflect productive process even among ideophones though suspect one seriously checked possibility dr bruce connell oxford university shoshoni uto aztecan language spoken great basin north america something like demonstratives two sets prefixes affixed demonstrative stems first set consists followed vowel definite readings second set consists bare vowel indefinite readings ii gloss example si near sit n se e quite near set n sa far sight sat n su u sight far sut n addition another prefix makes distinction proximity forgoing information taken grammatical 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