Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 15:13:21 -0500 (EST) with NJE id 0813 for CONLANG@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU; Thu, 4 Dec 1997 14:15:33 -0500 ; Thu, 4 Dec 1997 14:15:54 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <009BE447.96D6747E.80@CVAX.IPFW.INDIANA.EDU> Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 14:15:51 EST Reply-To: Constructed Languages List Sender: Constructed Languages List From: BRAD COON Subject: Re: Onomatopoeia! where the words come sweeping 'cross the clang.... To: Multiple recipients of list CONLANG X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 870 X-From-Space-Date: Thu Dec 4 15:13:56 1997 X-From-Space-Address: owner-conlang@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU >Interesting. Nevertheless, _n.ang_ and _kuRukuRu_ seem onomatopoeic since >the adverbial (?) _eNRu_ (=saying) appears to suggest a sound being >mimicked. Is onomatopoeia a "subset" in ideophonology? I think they would have to be so considered, especially since so many of the sound associated ideophones are onomatapoeic. I appreciate everyone's discussion of this topic. I am going to look further into their usage in Tamil and Chinese too. I think it is likely I will add an ideophone forming morpheme to Nova. I don't add morphemes lightly but this one could be fun :) Thanks, ******************************************************* Brad Coon COON@CVAX.IPFW.INDIANA.EDU http://www.ipfw.indiana.edu/east1/coon/web/index.htm "Do'netyokit su do'sa'na'kit." (Live boldly but wisely.) Nowan proverb ********************************************************