Onomatopoeia: The Colorful World of Sounds
Author:   Lívia Körtvélyessy (Šafárik University, Košice)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781009438018


Pages:   394
Publication Date:   13 November 2025
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Onomatopoeia: The Colorful World of Sounds


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Author:   Lívia Körtvélyessy (Šafárik University, Košice)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
ISBN:  

9781009438018


ISBN 10:   1009438018
Pages:   394
Publication Date:   13 November 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Not yet available, will be POD   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Defining Onomatopoeia; 3. Onomatopoeias as linguistic signs; 4. Prototypical features of Onomatopoeia; 5. Onomatopoeia and sound symbolism; 6. Cross-linguistic Onomatopoeic patterns; 7. Richness of languages in Onomatopoeias by sound type and source; 8. Onomatopoeias vs. Ideophones; 9. Conclusion; Appendix 1 – DATA SHEET 1; Appendix 2 – DATA SHEET 2; References; Author index; Language index; Subject index.

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Lívia Körtvélyessy is Professor of Linguistics at Pavol Jozef Safárik University, Kosice. Her notable publications include Creativity in Word-formation and Word-interpretation (2022) and Onomatopoeia in the World's Languages (2024).

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