Snap! Crack! Pop! : A corpus study of the meanings of three English onomatopoeia
The focus of this essay is on examining the meanings of the onomatopoeia (sound imitating words) snap, crack and pop. Previous studies on onomatopoeia and sound symbolism are used to define the terms and create a model for an alternative categorization of these meanings. This model is then applied i...
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| Language: | English |
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Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL
2010
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-7159 |