Neurological evidence for the context-independent multisensorial semantics of ideophones in Pastaza Kichwa: an fNIRS study in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Dan P. Dewey,
Jeffrey J. Green,
Janis Nuckolls
et al.
Abstract:Ideophones – imitative words using the stream of speech to simulate/depict the rise and fall of sensory perceptions and emotions and temporal experiences of completiveness, instantaneousness, and repetitiveness – have been characterized as semantically empty and context-dependent. The research reported here tested a simple schematic for the semantic categories of Pastaza Kichwa ideophones by tracking neurological responses to ideophones categorized as VISUAL, MOTION, and SOUND. Seventeen native speakers of Pas… Show more
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The author's name was incorrectly spelled in the article as originally published (Todd D. Swanson). This has been corrected to Tod D. Swanson in the HTML and PDF versions of the article.We publish this notice for the scholarly record.
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