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Onomatopoeia, while a facet of language, is also in a sense outside of the confines of language. [19] In linguistics, onomatopoeia is described as the connection, or symbolism, of a sound that is interpreted and reproduced within the context of a language, usually out of mimicry of a sound. [20] It is a figure of speech, in a sense.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 January 2025. This is a list of onomatopoeias, i.e. words that imitate, resemble, or suggest the source of the sound that they describe. For more information, see the linked articles. Human vocal sounds Achoo, Atishoo, the sound of a sneeze Ahem, a sound made to clear the throat or to draw attention ...
Pages in category "Onomatopoeia" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. ... Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias; D. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da; H ...
The iconicity of ideophones is shown by the fact that people can guess the meanings of ideophones from various languages at a level above chance. [9] However, the form of ideophones does not completely relate to their meaning; as conventionalized words, they contain arbitrary, language-specific phonemes just like other parts of the vocabulary.
Known popularly as onomatopoeia, these words do not just imitate sounds but also cover a much wider range of meanings; [1] indeed, many sound-symbolic words in Japanese are for things that make no noise originally, most clearly demonstrated by 'silently' (しーんと, shīnto).
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The page currently claims "Because of the nature of onomatopoeia, there are many cross-linguistic cognates of onomatopoetic sounds." On this page, cognate seems to be used to mean words which are derived from a common phenomenon, such as all of the onomatopoeia for kissing being derived from the sound of people kissing (presumably).