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  • Language Family: Kwa
  • Topic #1: Ideophones
  • Topic #2: Semantics
The language of Akan ideoph The language of Akan ideophones

This paper looks at ideophones, the study of which has not received any mention in the existing literature in Akan linguistics. The paper will first look at some definitions given in the literature, then at the structure of ideophones by looking at their phonological and morphological characteristics. It will also consider their syntactic, semantic and pragmatic functions and their impact on both the speaker and the addressee.  Functionally, ideophones are a category of lexical items that are used to express some sensual perception.  The paper will also look at the ethnographic contexts of Akan ideophones. We will see that ideophones kick against the arbitrariness of language because they are words whose sounds tally with their meanings.  Ideophones in the Akan language have cognitive, phonological, morphological, semantic and pragmatic relations.  They are used to express sensual perception, like sound, feeling (both physical and emotional), intensity, duration and quantity.  Each of these is exemplified from the data and the appendix.

Ce travail jette un regard sur les idéophones que les chercheurs sur l’akan ont jusqu’ici passé sous silence. L’article énumère d’abord certaines définitions offertes dans la littérature, puis examine la structure des idéophones en regardant leurs caractéristiques morphologiques et phonologiques. Il analyse également leurs fonctions syntaxiques, sémantiques et pragmatiques, ainsi que leur impact sur le locuteur et l’interlocuteur. Du point de vue fonctionnel, les idéophones sont une catégorie d’éléments lexicaux utilisés pour exprimer une certaine perception sensuelle. L’article se penchera également sur les différents contextes ethnographiques des idéophones akan. Nous verrons que les idéophones mettent en question l’idée que la langue est arbitraire, car ce sont des mots dont le son correspond au sens. Les idéophones akan ont des relations cognitives, phonologiques, morphologiques, sémantiques et pragmatiques. Ils sont employés pour exprimer certaines perceptions sensuelles telle que le son, le sentiment (à la fois physique et émotionnel), l'intensité, la durée et la quantité. Elles seront toutes illustrées  par des données dans le corps de l’article et dans l’annexe.

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