Comments on: Ideophone proeverij I http://ideophone.org/ideophone-proeverij-1/ Sounding out ideas on African languages, vivid sensory words, and iconicity Sat, 12 May 2012 10:14:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mark Dingemanse http://ideophone.org/ideophone-proeverij-1/comment-page-1/#comment-857 Mark Dingemanse Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:19:25 +0000 http://ideophone.org/?p=117#comment-857 Breffni, yes, gestures do often accompany Siwu ideophones, though their prevalence seems to depend on the type of discourse and various other factures. Most of the gestures are unconventionalized and heavily iconic (imagistic, depictive). (As for video, there are also privacy issues involved. I don't necessarily want to put my assistants on YouTube and it's not entirely clear what kind of other options there are. Bandwidth is another factor.) Breffni, yes, gestures do often accompany Siwu ideophones, though their prevalence seems to depend on the type of discourse and various other factures. Most of the gestures are unconventionalized and heavily iconic (imagistic, depictive).

(As for video, there are also privacy issues involved. I don’t necessarily want to put my assistants on YouTube and it’s not entirely clear what kind of other options there are. Bandwidth is another factor.)

]]> By: Breffni http://ideophone.org/ideophone-proeverij-1/comment-page-1/#comment-850 Breffni Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:02:36 +0000 http://ideophone.org/?p=117#comment-850 Video would be great. Does gesture systematically accompany (Siwu and other) ideophones? If so, how conventionalised are they? Video would be great. Does gesture systematically accompany (Siwu and other) ideophones? If so, how conventionalised are they?

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