Phonosemantics, phonosymbolism, or sound symbolism is the ability of speech sounds, their signs or intonation, to directly express meaning. The science that studies this linguistic phenomenon is also called phonosemantics. There are three types of sound symbolism – imitative, synesthetic, and conventional. This article in…
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Koleva-Zlateva, Zhivka, “Phonosemantics (Phonosymbolism, Sound Symbolism)”, in: Encyclopedia of Slavic Languages and Linguistics Online, Editor-in-Chief Marc L. Greenberg. Consulted online on 25 June 2022 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2589-6229_ESLO_COM_032009>
First published online: 2020
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