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SUMMARY:Sound devices in English word-formation: alliteration\, rhyme\, an
 d sound symbolism - Amanda Roig-Marín
DTSTART:20170221T131000Z
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CONTACT:Julius Weitzdörfer
DESCRIPTION:Alliteration\, rhyme\, and sound symbolism (i.e.\, the systema
 tic connection between meaning and sound\, also known as iconicity) have 
 been widely studied as literary devices heightening the auditory and evoca
 tive power of language. However\, their underlying role in the coinage of 
 words has been much more neglected in linguistic studies. In this present
 ation\, I will overview in what ways these devices – which bring the pho
 nological make-up of the linguistic sign to the fore – operate in lexis 
 by discussing instantiations of how alliteration is still noticeable in\, 
 for instance\, onomastics\, and how rhyme and sound symbolism are particul
 arly productive in certain spheres of language such as colloquial register
 s and slang.
LOCATION:The Richard King Room\, Darwin College
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