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Ideal for scholars and students of linguistics, discourse, stylistics and language play, this book explores the role of phonological motivation - sound symbolism and rhyme/alliteration - in English word-formation. It argues that the sound shape of words carries meaning for its users and also has a range of social and interactional functions.
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Rhyme over Reason, Reka Benczes
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- Released
- 2021
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- Title
- Rhyme over Reason
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Reka Benczes
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Released
- 2021
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 110874074X
- ISBN13
- 9781108740746
- Series
- Description
- Ideal for scholars and students of linguistics, discourse, stylistics and language play, this book explores the role of phonological motivation - sound symbolism and rhyme/alliteration - in English word-formation. It argues that the sound shape of words carries meaning for its users and also has a range of social and interactional functions.