To Sneer, Scoff, Scorn, and Cluck: An Onomatopoetic Verbal Complex in R1-n-ṣ?
Several verbs in Akkadian constructed from the radical set R1-n-ṣ relate to expressions for disgust, scoffing, and scorn. This note argues that the verbs may phonically embed a verbal clucking sound ( nṣ ) which further indexes a set of paralinguistic expressions also communicating disdain: curling...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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Altorientalische Forschungen
Year: 2025, Volume: 52, Issue: 1, Pages: 66-69 |
| Further subjects: | B
paralinguistics
B kinesthesia B speech perception B onomatopoeia B expressions of disdain |
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