拟态词的跨语言考察

本文从跨语言角度,对比分析世界语言中拟态词的分布,考察拟态词在不同地区分布不平衡的现象。拟态词分布最集中的地区为亚洲地区和非洲地区。通过考察不同类型语言中的拟态词,我们发现拟态词和语言类型有对应关系。一般而言,声调语言和非屈折型语言中拟态词比较丰富。从认知上看,拟态词是说话人主观性的投射,是一种＂现场表演＂。

This study investigates ideophones with a cross-linguistic perspective. Ideophones show a very strong areal pattern, with a significant preference for African languages and Asian languages. This paper proposes a hypothesis that languages with tonal systems and languages without inflection are more likely to show abundant ideophones. Besides,ideophones are dramaturgic and reflect the speaker＇s subjectivity.