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Onomatopoeia
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Onomatopoeia (
nǐshēngcí 擬聲詞 or
xiàngshēngcí 象聲詞) are mimetic or “echoic” words (Chapman 1984:38) and expressions like
hiss (in Mandarin
xū 噓),
snort (
háo 嚎), and
bang (
pēng 砰) that are used to imitate the things or, more accurately, the sounds they refer to (Preminger and Brogan 1993:860). Classifications according to type of sound distinguish between the mimicry of human vocalizations, such as the ejections
eek! and
ow! (
āiyō 哎喲), bodily sounds like
groan or
grumble (
gūlūlū 咕嚕嚕) and the
pitter-patter of running feet (
jījīgāgā 嘰嘰嘠嘠), sounds produced by animals, such as
woof or
bow-wow …
Date:
2017-03-02
