期刊名称：Revista Brasileira de Linguística Antropológica
印刷版ISSN：2317-1375
出版年度：2012
卷号：4
期号：1
页码：119-130
语种：Portuguese
出版社：Laboratório de Línguas e Literaturas Indígenas
摘要：This article deals with sound symbolism in three Tupian languages, Suruí Paitér, Nhandéwa Txiripá and Mbyá Tambeopé. One of the main focus is the process of ablaut involved in the expression of physical and psychological attenuation of the semantic of Suruí Paitér words. It is argued that attenuation in these languages is controlled by the speaker’s will and is pragmatically motivated. The data supporting the analysis corroborate the view that high vowels and palatalization are common in sound symbolism expressions of diminutives and attenuatives across languages (Sapir 1911, 1929; Ultan 1978).
