PT Unknown AU Reiter, S TI Ideophones in Awetí PY 2013 PU Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel WP https://macau.uni-kiel.de/receive/diss_mods_00012511 LA en DE Ideophone; Amazonien; Tupi; Gestik; ideophones; Amazonia; gesture AB The dissertation describes the phenomenon of ideophones in Awetí, a Tupian language spoken in the Amazonian lowlands in Central Brazil. Ideophones are marked words in Awetí discourse which are performed rather than simply spoken and which depict salient features of activities. The dissertation also includes a concise grammar of the Awetí language. PI Kiel ER