To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list"----- Original Message -----From: [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Gregg HeacockTo: [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 12:59 PMSubject: Re: onomotopoeiaKathleen,These are all evocative terms. Words tend to be either mimetic or metaphoric. One uses sound evocatively; the other, an image. Mimetic words can replicate sounds, in which case they are onomatopoetic, or they can use sound to replicate an action, like "press" or "push" or "pull." Almost all words ending with "-ash" do this. Words beginning with "st-" usually signify a lack of movement, staying or sticking to one place. The "str-" strains to stretch away from that sticking point, which takes some strength. The term "snicker-snack" seems more of a sound than a word having meaning on its own. Like "chortle," it could evoke a sound while inventing a meaning. Still, it is an example of the pow-er of words. Good that you have one that raises questions.GreggTo join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list"
On Nov 25, 2007, at 10:32 AM, Kathi Bethell wrote:
To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list"The question of onomotopoeia came up in a class discussion this past week. A student questioned the form class of “Snicker-snack” (as in “the vorpal blade went snicker-snack!”). We moved on to animal sounds, comic book sound effects (Pow! Zap! Kerplunk!) and thoroughly amused and confused ourselves.The cow says “moo.”The mooing cows moved toward the barn.The cow smiled mooily (okay, we were goofing off by then).It’s easy to identify the verbs, adjectives, adverbs – but what are the onomotopoetic words themselves? Although moo can be a noun (the cow had a loud moo), what is snicker-snack?Kathleen BethellVisit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/
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