Ideophones and poetry

Authors

  • Iraide Ibarretxe-Antuñano Universidad de Zaragoza

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_tropelias/tropelias.202074792

Keywords:

ideophone, onomatopoeia, poetry, aesthetic function

Abstract

Ideophones, commonly (and wrongly) generalised as onomatopeia, are very special linguistic elements due to their structural characteristics and their vivid depictive meaning. This is why they have been regularly used to fulfill referential as well as expressive and aesthetic functions. After a brief introduction to the concept of ideophone itself and its main linguistic characteristics, this paper explores the role of ideophones in poetry in ideophonic languages. It is argued that ideophones are aesthetic catalysers that actively involve both speakers and addressees in the events they are used in. As a result, ideophones facilitate intertextuality and stimulate an intimate group bonding among the speakers of the ideophonic language community.

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Published

2020-10-18

How to Cite

Ibarretxe-Antuñano, I. (2020). Ideophones and poetry. Tropelías: Review of Literary Theory and Comparative Literature, (7), 411–425. https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_tropelias/tropelias.202074792

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Logophagies, heteroglossias and other transits