The General Concept of Onomatopoeia and Sounds Replication

Download or read book The General Concept of Onomatopoeia and Sounds Replication written by and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2019-06-13 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: A, Free International University of Moldova, language: English, abstract: In this paper, there will be a thematic overview of some of the most interesting contributions to the area of onomatopoeia and other sound symbolism. Most linguists have had something to say on the subject, in many cases using different terminologies. The themes that are especially important are the questions of integration into language (grammar and lexicon), of productivity, of universality and of explanation. The chapter will end with a summary of forms and meanings of onomatopoeic and sound symbolic expressions.