Sounds Like Life
Author | : Janis B. Nuckolls |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 313 |
Release | : 1996 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780195089851 |
ISBN-13 | : 0195089855 |
Rating | : 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Sounds Like Life by : Janis B. Nuckolls
Download or read book Sounds Like Life written by Janis B. Nuckolls and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1996 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moreover, the evidence from sound symbolism's grammatical patterning, its performative foregrounding in multiple contexts of use, and its ability to trigger memories of key life experiences, suggests that for the Pastaza Quechua sound symbolism is more than a style of speaking. It is a style of thinking about oneself as connected, by the sounds that resonate through one's body, with the natural world.