Dangerous Christenings: the Case of Code Names of French Secret Agents in the Second World War
1986; University Library System, University of Pittsburgh; Volume: 34; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1179/nam.1986.34.1.30
ISSN1756-2279
Autores Tópico(s)Historical Linguistics and Language Studies
Resumo1.0 The concept of arbitraire du signe (i.e., independence of sound and meaning) has been one of the basic tenets of modern linguistics ever since it was most clearly ·enunciated in Ferdinand de Saussure's famous Cours de Linguistique generale.' This principle suffers but few exceptions. Among these may be listed onomatopoeias. Since such words purport to imitate sounds produced by nature (e.g., in English, animal cries such as cock-a-doodle-doo, bow-wow, meow, etc.)2 the
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