Comments on: Aduerbia sonus: Ideophones in two 17th century grammars of Japanese http://ideophone.org/ideophones-in-17th-c-japanese/ Sounding out ideas on African languages, sound symbolism, and expressivity Sun, 01 Jan 2012 03:40:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Dingemanse http://ideophone.org/ideophones-in-17th-c-japanese/comment-page-1/#comment-2837 Mark Dingemanse Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:38:25 +0000 http://ideophone.org/?p=2044#comment-2837 Thanks! These days I'm posting just by way of taking a break from writing up something much bigger, so I didn't have the time to check 17th century Iberian spelling conventions (though I suspected they would offer valuable clues) — much appreciated! Thanks! These days I’m posting just by way of taking a break from writing up something much bigger, so I didn’t have the time to check 17th century Iberian spelling conventions (though I suspected they would offer valuable clues) — much appreciated!

]]> By: Kim http://ideophone.org/ideophones-in-17th-c-japanese/comment-page-1/#comment-2835 Kim Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:06:03 +0000 http://ideophone.org/?p=2044#comment-2835 I'd have guessed that the {x} in the example <i>va va to xite</i> stood for the hushing sibiliant, following from 17th century Portuguese-Spanish convention. So {shitte} in modern Romaji orthography rather than {itte}. Not that that really has any bearing on your point! :) I’d have guessed that the {x} in the example va va to xite stood for the hushing sibiliant, following from 17th century Portuguese-Spanish convention. So {shitte} in modern Romaji orthography rather than {itte}.

Not that that really has any bearing on your point! :)

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