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The Ideophone

Sounding out ideas on language, vivid sensory words, and iconicity.

  • By Mark Dingemanse
  • Based in Netherlands
  • Roughly one post per month
  • First post on

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Posts per month
Month starting Posts
Aug 2022 1
Sep 2022 0
Oct 2022 2
Nov 2022 1
Dec 2022 2
Jan 2023 3
Feb 2023 1
Mar 2023 2
Apr 2023 3
May 2023 0
Jun 2023 0
Jul 2023 3
Aug 2023 2
Sep 2023 0
Oct 2023 0
Nov 2023 3
Dec 2023 3
Jan 2024 3
Feb 2024 2
Mar 2024 2
Apr 2024 1
May 2024 2
Jun 2024 0
Jul 2024 1
Aug 2024 0
Sep 2024 0
Oct 2024 2
Nov 2024 1

Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.

Most recent posts

Buyer beware: reMarkable cloud ‘integration’ is useless
Readers of this blog know I’m quite a fan of the reMarkable as a distraction-free device for reading and taking notes. Almost everything is right about it — from the pencil-like friction of the writing …
On , by Mark Dingemanse, 636 words
The Anatomy of Iconicity
Suppose you hear a word like Korean tuˈgɯndugɯn and two possible meanings ‘heartbeat’ or ‘gentle movement’. Most people pick the first (as we found in 2016). Or suppose you hear that same word and see …
On , by Mark Dingemanse, 1,354 words
Tying ourselves into knots about reasoning
Nithikul Mimjulrath’s process of translating a hand-knotted cup into a digital representation Knots are fascinating: they tie together topology, embodied experience, and material culture. As Thai textile artist and designer Nithikul Nimkulrath (2024) has pointed …
On , by Mark Dingemanse, 1,070 words