Lexical and phonological sources of Hmong elaborate expressions
In this paper, we would like to detail the ways in which 1hite Hmong elaborate expressions are built. These expres¬sions are sometimes in the form of a four-morpheme array with particular semantic and phonological constraints for aesthe¬tic heightening of language (that is, they are found to be prom...
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| Language: | English |
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2024
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178923 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
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| Summary: | In this paper, we would like to detail the ways in which 1hite Hmong elaborate expressions are built. These expres¬sions are sometimes in the form of a four-morpheme array with particular semantic and phonological constraints for aesthe¬tic heightening of language (that is, they are found to be prominent in poetry, but may certainly occur as a rhetorical device in ordinary conversation, as well). |
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