onomatopoeia

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In parallel with the roots of onomatopoeia (onoma ` name '+ poiein ` to make or do') I have christened the effect onomatoplazia: onoma again + pladzein ` to mislead or deceive. '

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  1. noun The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.

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  • In parallel with the roots of onomatopoeia (onoma ` name '+ poiein ` to make or do') I have christened the effect onomatoplazia: onoma again + pladzein ` to mislead or deceive. ' —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XV No 1
  • This is giseigo, the Japanese version of onomatopoeia, where the sound of a word imitates its meaning. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 1
  • Japanese onomatopoeia is really divided into two groups, giseigo and gitaigo. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 1
  • Such is the essence of any onomatopoeia, and though gitaigo tends to be more adverbial in usage than the general giseigo, it may simply be that the Japanese have a more refined phonic sense. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 1
  • The word, “onomatopoeia” comes from the Latin word, “onomatopoiia, used to define the process of making words, which derives from onoma, a name, and poiein, to make” (www.worldwidewords.org).
 

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  1. Late Latin, from Greek onomatopoiiā, from onomatopoios, coiner of names : onoma, onomat-, name; see nŏ̄-men- in Indo-European roots + poiein, to make; see kwei-2 in Indo-European roots.
 

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