Sound Symboli sm by Natalia Konopska, Veronica Prymachenko
In focus: • Expressive/Corporeal sound symbolism • Synesthetic sound symbolism • Imitative sound symbolism • Conventional /Phonesthetic / Phonetic sound symbolism
Sound symbolism or phonosemantics is a branch of linguistics and refers to the idea that vocal sounds have meaning.
Corporeal sound symbolism is the use of certain non-segmentable sounds (primitive and unanalyzable )to express or reflect the internal state of the speaker. E. g. a cough, a hiccup, a cry.
Synesthetic sound symbolism is the use of sound to symbolize something that is not sound. • E. g. the use of a deeper voice to symbolize largeness.
Imitative sound symbolism is the use of onomatopoeia. E. g. whish, tap, bang. An imitative sound symbol can often play a wider grammatical role than a corporeal sound symbol. E. g. a cuckoo can be a sound, a bird, or a birdbrained person
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Conventional sound symbolism is the use of sound symbolic elements called phonesthemes. A phonestheme is a sound, sound cluster, or sound type that is directly associated with a meaning. E. g. The initial cluster /gl/ for light, shining: glass, glisten, glitter, glint
• • • The name "Viagra" rhymes with Niagara. Water = sexuality and life. The initial vi- is a homonym of vie: to fight or compete, and echoes the beginning of "vitality" and "vigor“ "-agra" evokes “aggression. " "Viagra" is a winner.
The Hidden Message in Your NAME Find the stressed syllable in of your name and then analyze it from the chart (like the stressed syllable in Elizabeth is the LIZ. )
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