Essays about: "spatial deixis"

Found 1 essay containing the words spatial deixis.

  1. 1. Motivations for Sound Symbolism in Spatial Deixis: A study of 101 languages

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Niklas Johansson; [2011]
    Keywords : sound symbolism; non-arbitrariness; deictic words; demonstrative pronouns; spatial deixis; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : 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