Rhyme over Reason : Phonological Motivation in English

Name: Rhyme over Reason
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781108740746
Price: 6250 KES
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ISBN: 9781108740746

by Réka Benczes

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 110874074X

ISBN-13 9781108740746

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Oct 28th, 2021

Print length 284 Pages

Weight 420 grams

Dimensions 15.20 x 22.90 x 2.20 cms

Product Classification: Linguistics Dialect, slang & jargon Dialect, slang and jargon Semantics, discourse analysis, etc Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics Phonetics, phonology

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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.

We are fascinated by what words sound like. This fascination also drives us to search for meaning in sound - thereby contradicting the principle of the arbitrariness of the linguistic sign. Phonesthemes, onomatopoeia or rhyming compounds all share the property of carrying meaning by virtue of what they sound like, simply because language users establish an association between form and meaning. By drawing on a wide array of examples, ranging from conventionalized words and expressions to brand names and slogans, this book offers a comprehensive account of the role that sound symbolism and rhyme/alliteration plays in English, and by doing so, advocates a more relaxed view of the category ''morpheme'' that is able to incorporate less regular word-formation processes.

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