Essays about: "spatial deixis"
Found 1 essay containing the words spatial deixis.
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1. Motivations for Sound Symbolism in Spatial Deixis: A study of 101 languages
University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskapAbstract : This thesis is concerned with the possible existence of a motivated relation between sound and meaning (“sound symbolism”) in demonstrative pronouns. The goal was to search for evidence of such non-arbitrariness, and to gain a better understanding of the motivating factors behind it. Six motivations are considered. READ MORE
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