20:29 LEXICOLOGY: SOUND IMITATION. | |
Sound imitation or onomotopoeic words are echoes of natural sounds (lullaby, twang, whiz). Sound imitation (onomotopoeia or echoism) is the naming of an action or thing by a more or less reproduction of a sound associated with it. For instance, words naming sounds and movement of water: babble журчать blob брызгать bubble булькать flush литься gurgle булькать gush литься потоком splash расплескаться The majority of onomotopoeic words serve to name sounds or movements. Most of them are verbs easily turned into nouns: bang, boom, bump, hum, rustle, smack, thud, etc. Sound - imitating words form a considerable part of interjections: bang! hush! pooh! To be continued. | |
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