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Do Languages Obey General Laws?
30p orange paper cover, stapled, cover a little dusty, author inscription "Best Regards, Peter", very good, Inaugural Lecture
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First published February 25, 1982
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Peter Hugoe Matthews
12 books6 followersFrequently published under the name P.H. Matthews
Formerly Professor and Head of the Department of Linguistics at the University of Cambridge.
Formerly Professor and Head of the Department of Linguistics at the University of Cambridge.
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January 9, 2025Today is a great day. I met the Ideophones. They knocked on my door, introducing themselves simply, " We are Ideophones, maybe you want to join us ", and offered me a brochure about them,
with a humble expression.
So I learned that they are actually words that evoke an idea in sound. Nice guys . For example, in Japanese, " doki-doki" mimics the sound of a heartbeat. Suddenly , I was ashamed of my poor French " bling-bling " . But then I felt better thinking about Chuck Berry's " ding -a -ling -a-ling " .
with a humble expression.
So I learned that they are actually words that evoke an idea in sound. Nice guys . For example, in Japanese, " doki-doki" mimics the sound of a heartbeat. Suddenly , I was ashamed of my poor French " bling-bling " . But then I felt better thinking about Chuck Berry's " ding -a -ling -a-ling " .
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