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While ordinary speakers i.e. non-linguists may be convinced that there is a clear connection between sound and meaning, at least in onomatopoiea,....linguists are just as firmly convinced that even here the relation is to some degree arbitrary.
The cow goes..."Hamba"? mj 2009
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While ordinary speakers i.e. non-linguists may be convinced that there is a clear connection between sound and meaning, at least in onomatopoiea,....linguists are just as firmly convinced that even here the relation is to some degree arbitrary.
Stayed up late with the Greeks mj 2009
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