A Quichua Video Dictionary: The Sight and Sound of Ideophones

Authors

Diana Shelton (née Sun), Brigham Young University
Janis Nuckolls, Brigham Young University

Keywords

Quichua ideophones, video dictionary, Quichua language

College

Humanities

Department

Linguistics

Abstract

Quichua is a branch of Quechua, a group of indigenous South American languages, which is found in Amazonian Ecuador. This language utilizes a type of adverb, called ideophones, which symbolizes sound, motion, and other sensations. Ideophones are often foregrounded with speaker movements and intonation and are therefore difficult to represent in written documentation. Our project aimed to create a video dictionary of Quichua ideophones as a valuable resource for language learners as well as future researchers of ideophones by using various media to demonstrate ideophones’ uses and contexts in reality.

Recommended Citation

Shelton (née Sun), Diana and Nuckolls, Janis (2016) "A Quichua Video Dictionary: The Sight and Sound of Ideophones," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2016: Iss. 1, Article 137.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2016/iss1/137