Essays about: "ideophones"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word ideophones.

1. 1. Translating Japanese Onomatopoeia into Finnish in Literature: A Case Study

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Japanska

   Author : Kosti Vanninen; [2020]
   Keywords : literary translation; mimetics; ideophones; onomatopoeia; Japanese Finnish translation;

   Abstract : Japanese is a language rich in onomatopoeic and mimetic words, words that mimic sounds and other phenomena with their form. They are an integral part of the language and are used in nearly all situations, they also pose their own peculiar challenge to both learners and translators of Japanese. READ MORE

3. 2. Sloppy, slab and slender: a comparative study of the phonaestheme sl- in English and Swedish

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Christoffer Modig Forser; [2019]
   Keywords : phonaesthemes; ideophones; morphology; phonetics; lexical analysis; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The primary aim of this essay is to add new insight as to the productivity and universality of phonaesthemes in general, and the sl-phonaestheme in particular. The data presented in this essay is generated in two ways: lexical analyses and an experiment. READ MORE

4. 3. A Study in Flim-Flam: Reduplicative Ablaut Ideophones in English

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Ted Jansson Wallace; [2019]
   Keywords : Ideophones Reduplication Iconicity; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : In this study I analysed reduplicative ablaut ideophones in English for their morphosyntactical properties, as ideophones in other languages have been found to have several marked characteristics in this respect. Informed by the typology of ideophones in other languages, my research questions were whether the reduplicatives would appear integrated into or outside of sentences, if they would fill functions associated with traditional word classes, whether they would inflect and derive like other words, and if they would be limited to declarative type sentences and resist negation. READ MORE

5. 4. Japanese ideophones in English translation: Official vs User-generated translation of manga

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

   Author : Hampus Kilåker; [2018]
   Keywords : Mimetics; Onomatopoeia; Translation; Manga; English; Japanese; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Thanks to the Internet, User-generated translated (UGT) material has spread at an impressive rate. Not much research exists on the subject as of the writing of this thesis, since it is a relatively new field within Translation Studies. It is an interesting topic worth exploring nonetheless. READ MORE

6. 5. From Unisemiotic to Polysemiotic Narratives: Translating across semiotic systems

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Karoliina Louhema; [2018]
   Keywords : bodily mimesis; cognitive semiotics; co-speech gestures; embodied narratives; experientiality; iconicity; ideophones; intersemiotic translation; language; mimetic schema; multimodality; narratives; phenomenology; pictorial semiotics; pictures; polysemiotic communication; semiotics; semiotic systems; sensory modalities; signs; sound symbolism; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Human communication is both polysemiotic and multimodal; it is comprised of ensembles of representations from different semiotic systems in different sensory modalities. These semiotic systems, such as language, gestures, and pictures consist of signs and relations between signs, with system-specific affordances (Kendon, 2004; Zlatev, 2009; Sonesson, 2014). READ MORE