%0 Journal Article
%A Lahaussois, Aimeé
%T Ideophones in Khaling Rai
%D 2017
%J Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area
%V 40
%N 2
%P 179-201
%@ 0731-3500
%R https://doi.org/10.1075/ltba.17005.lah
%K ideophones
%K sound symbolism
%K Khaling Rai
%K Kiranti
%I John Benjamins
%X In Khaling Rai, a number of lexemes have been found which can be considered ideophones, according to Dingemanse’s (
2012
: 654) definition of the latter as “marked words depictive of sensory imagery.” This article will describe the different types of ideophones found in Khaling. These ideophones not only manifest a range of different morphological patterns, they cover the entire spectrum of sensory modalities found in Dingemanse’s implicational hierarchy (
2012
: 663), namely sound, movement, visual patterns, other sensory perceptions (such as texture and taste) and cognitive states. The more than 400 ideophones collected to date in Khaling present a sound symbolic landscape which appears to be considerably richer than that found in other Kiranti languages with which the author is familiar.
%U https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/ltba.17005.lah