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By: Intangible and abstruse — The Ideophone

Intangible and abstruse — The Ideophone — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:47:41 +0000

[...] Gomi said: "So linguists do not deal with onomatopoeic expressions. Or perhaps I should say, they are unable [...]

By: Chad Nilep

Chad Nilep — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:40:46 +0000

Gomi’s book is indeed a great resource for those interested in gitaigo. I’d also like to recommend 101 Japanese Idioms by Michael and Senko Maynard, which gives a similar illustration-based treatment to idioms. (Illustrations by Taki)

And while I’m at it, Shoko Hamano’s The Sound-Symbolic System of Japanese is a good treatment of giongo and gitaigo by an actual linguist – but without pictures. To be fair to Gomi, though, Hamano’s book was published nearly a decade after the original appearance of his 日本語擬態語辞典.

Hamano, Shoko. 1998. The Sound-Symbolic System of Japanese. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

Maynard, Michael L. and Senko K. Maynard. 1993. 101 Japanese Idioms. Chicago: Passport Books.

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2008 Anthropology blog awards « Tom Van Hout — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:24:42 +0000

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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:27:51 +0000

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Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:59:59 +0000

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By: Round Up of the Best of Anthro 2008 « Neuroanthropology

Round Up of the Best of Anthro 2008 « Neuroanthropology — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:59:53 +0000

[...] Ideophone Popular: Do you know this feeling? Japanese gitaigo illustrate how language and image alike evoke sensations, feelings, and [...]

By: Kemai

Kemai — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:41:14 +0000

Hi Mark,

Thanks for visiting my page.
Wowwww,this article impressed me with the idea of learning gitaigo on Gomi’s Dictionary.It explained Japanese gitaigo in a good way,the illustrations make it easy to learn.I wish i could get this book as part of my collection.

By: Gerard Diffloth

Gerard Diffloth — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:56:36 +0000

please see my comments on your earlier posting “Fieldwork snippets”

By: Mark Dingemanse

Mark Dingemanse — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:58:15 +0000

Khawaji: The link to synesthesia is a very intriguing one indeed, and it fits nicely with the observation that ideophones often combine information from different sensory modalities. I am not sure though how exactly that would explains why some languages might have more ideophones. (I have a post in the works on that issue; meanwhile, see this interesting article by Janis Nuckolls.) Lameen: Indeed, that's one problem of using this as elicitation material: people may focus on different things. The way I see it, these illustrations are great to get informants in the 'expressive mood' (as Gérard Diffloth would say). I don't expect them to yield perfectly comparable data. (In fact, even for the Japanese ideophones given, the illustrations are not always a perfect fit.) Oh, and re: the first illustration: what about the hair of that person? Isn't there a nice expressive verb for that in Kwarandzie?