Comments on: Early sources on African ideophones, part III: ‘Onomatopoeia as a formative principle in the Negro languages’, 1886

By: Oh no! Ideophones are not response cries! — The Ideophone

Oh no! Ideophones are not response cries! — The Ideophone — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:21:18 +0000

[...] do with ideophones. I need scarcely remind you that some languages have ideophone inventories going into the thousands . What on earth would people need so many response cries [...]

By: AKASE Tiav Thomas

AKASE Tiav Thomas — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:23:32 +0000

I am a PhD student in Linguistics. i find the work on ideophones very enlightning and inspiring.I am currently working on Phonosemantics and the status of ideophones in Tiv language ( a Nigerian language ).

By: Four Stone Hearth « Clashing Culture

Four Stone Hearth « Clashing Culture — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:38:20 +0000

[...] very nice posts concerning linguistic anthropology. Regular contributor Mark Dingemanse writes at The Ideophone about one of my favorite linguistic devices: onomatopoeia. And be sure to visit Stephen [...]