Gods of the Word: Archetypes in the Consonants
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (741 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0943549523 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 140 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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This book introduces the reader to the nature of the phenomenon, and outlines some experiments that the reader can perform with a pencil and sheet of paper, by means of which they can verify for themselves that the phenomenon is real.. There are two levels of sound-meaning -- the iconic, and the phonesthetic. Margaret Magnus is a programmer and linguist, and one of the most prominent researchers in the branch of linguistics known as sound symbolism. And each consonant and vowel infuses every word that contains it with this meaning. This book is a non-technical introduction to an expanded understanding of how the form of a word -- its sound -- affects its meaning. The phonesthetic dimension of a consonant's meaning is archetypal in nature. Each vowel and each consonant in a language has a meaning which is very broad, yet distinct from that of every other vowel and consonant
She has written several commercial natural language software products, as well as some web sites about how the sound of a word affects its meaning. . About the Author Margaret Magnus is a programmer and computational linguist with SDL International
Margaret Magnus is a programmer and computational linguist with SDL International. . She has written several commercial natural language software products, as well as some web sites about how the sound of a word affects its meaning
As it turns out, the sign is not entirely arbitrary. Magnus eloquently shares the findings of her research in sound symbolism. Contrary to popular assumtion, the assertion is not so much that the phonemes of a word create its denotation; but that the connotative difference between two synonyms is accounted for by the assotiative sound qualities of the phonemes of the respective words. This small, lovely book is f. Brian J. Miller said A revolutionary work by an independent researcher. Gods of the Word is a rare, beautiful and poetic work of revolutionary science. If Freud was the first to listen to his patients, Margaret Magnus is the first to listen to words and what they are saying to us. Anyone involved with language -- reading, speaking, listening, writing, understanding -- will never see their medium in quite the same way again, and wil. Edward Heil said Her ideas about how meaning works may be a bit. Her ideas about how meaning works may be a bit off the beaten path but she makes IMHO a very convincing case.