Just a side note -

 

When you're dealing with onomatopoeia in class, bringing in a German
comic book, and a French one, etc. can be very useful. The "sounds" are
usually different, and they serve as a good example of how what we
*think* is sound-symbolism, or is memetic, still has a cultural twist to
it.  

 

Bill Spruiell

Dept. of English

Central Michigan University

 

From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
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Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 9:02 AM
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Subject: Re: onomotopoeia

 

Listmates,

One interpretation of the sound "snicker-snack" is that it is the sound
a snicker-snee (a large knife) makes.  Would this change the
interpretation of the term?

 

Scott Woods

	On Nov 25, 2007, at 10:32 AM, Kathi Bethell wrote:
	
	
	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 Bethell
	
	
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