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Cover illustration: Poster from the Hindi film Rimjhim (‘pitter-patter’ sound of rain). 1949, Hindustan Chitra Studios, Bombay, India.
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Names: Badenoch, Nathan, editor. | Choksi, Nishaant, editor. Title: Expressives in the South Asian linguistic area / edited by Nathan Badenoch, Nishaant Choksi.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020. | Series: Brill's studies in South and Southwest Asian languages, 1877-4083 ; 13 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020029415 (print) | LCCN 2020029416 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004431065 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004439153 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: South Asia–Languages–Ideophone. | South Asia–Languages–Mimetic words. | South Asia–Languages–Semantics. | South Asia–Languages–Morphology.
Classification: LCC P381.S58 E975 2020 (print) | LCC P381.S58 (ebook) | DDC 491/.1–dc23
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