Sound Symbolism and Onomatopoeia

The function, realization and the role of sound-symbolic phenomenon can vary in some languages. The study of sound symbolism and onomatopoeia in Armenian, Russian and English showed that highly expressive forms of language occur not only in daily conversation, advertising, newspapers and magazines,...

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Main Author: Armine Khachatryan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Yerevan State University 2015-04-01
Series:Armenian Folia Anglistika
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Online Access:https://journals.ysu.am/index.php/arm-fol-angl/article/view/4655
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spelling doaj-6a66a60785ab477bac02a401a1974a6f2021-09-24T09:17:18ZengYerevan State UniversityArmenian Folia Anglistika1829-24292579-30392015-04-01111 (13)10.46991/AFA/2015.11.1.058Sound Symbolism and OnomatopoeiaArmine Khachatryan0Department of English for Cross-Cultural Communication, Yerevan State University The function, realization and the role of sound-symbolic phenomenon can vary in some languages. The study of sound symbolism and onomatopoeia in Armenian, Russian and English showed that highly expressive forms of language occur not only in daily conversation, advertising, newspapers and magazines, but also in creative literature: children’s poems, stories and great works of art. As a powerful stylistic device they realize an impact upon the reader or listener and evoke certain emotional expressively evaluative reactions. The comparative analysis of this phenomenon demonstrates that the word is heard differently in different cultures. https://journals.ysu.am/index.php/arm-fol-angl/article/view/4655onomatopoeiasound symbolismalliterationassonance
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Sound Symbolism and Onomatopoeia
Armenian Folia Anglistika
onomatopoeia
sound symbolism
alliteration
assonance
author_facet Armine Khachatryan
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title Sound Symbolism and Onomatopoeia
title_short Sound Symbolism and Onomatopoeia
title_full Sound Symbolism and Onomatopoeia
title_fullStr Sound Symbolism and Onomatopoeia
title_full_unstemmed Sound Symbolism and Onomatopoeia
title_sort sound symbolism and onomatopoeia
publisher Yerevan State University
series Armenian Folia Anglistika
issn 1829-2429
2579-3039
publishDate 2015-04-01
description The function, realization and the role of sound-symbolic phenomenon can vary in some languages. The study of sound symbolism and onomatopoeia in Armenian, Russian and English showed that highly expressive forms of language occur not only in daily conversation, advertising, newspapers and magazines, but also in creative literature: children’s poems, stories and great works of art. As a powerful stylistic device they realize an impact upon the reader or listener and evoke certain emotional expressively evaluative reactions. The comparative analysis of this phenomenon demonstrates that the word is heard differently in different cultures.
topic onomatopoeia
sound symbolism
alliteration
assonance
url https://journals.ysu.am/index.php/arm-fol-angl/article/view/4655
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