Abstract
This study uses quantitative analysis to explore the correlation between meaning and the verb formation of Japanese sound-symbolic words. The study shows that the verb formation of Japanese sound-symbolic words may not fit into traditional categories, such as phonomimes, phenomimes, and psychomimes, but is better categorized based on differences in the sensory modalities of the words. Furthermore, it suggests that iconicity is not a crucial factor for the verb formation of sound-symbolic words; the sharing of information between the speaker and the hearer is a more comprehensive motivation for verb formation, supported by psychological, cognitive linguistic, and typological concepts.
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