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2. List of onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 January 2025. This is a list of onomatopoeias, i.e. words that imitate, resemble, or suggest the source of the sound that they describe. For more information, see the linked articles. Human vocal sounds Achoo, Atishoo, the sound of a sneeze Ahem, a sound made to clear the throat or to draw attention ...

3. List of forms of word play - Wikipedia

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   Onomatopoeia: a word or a grouping of words that imitates the sound it is describing; Phonetic reversal; Rhyme: a repetition of identical or similar sounds in two or more different words Alliteration: matching consonants sounds at the beginning of words; Assonance: matching vowel sounds; Consonance: matching consonant sounds

4. Bouba/kiki effect - Wikipedia

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   The effect has also been shown to emerge in other contexts, such as when words are paired with evaluative meanings (with "bouba" words associated with positive concepts and "kiki" words associated with negative concepts) [12] or when the words to be paired are existing first names, suggesting that some familiarity with the linguistic stimuli ...

5. List of animal sounds - Wikipedia

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   Certain words in the English language represent animal sounds: the noises and vocalizations of particular animals, especially noises used by animals for communication. The words can be used as verbs or interjections in addition to nouns , and many of them are also specifically onomatopoeic .

6. Phonaesthetics - Wikipedia

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   Phonaesthetics (also spelled phonesthetics in North America) is the study of the beauty and pleasantness associated with the sounds of certain words or parts of words.The term was first used in this sense, perhaps by J. R. R. Tolkien, [1] during the mid-20th century and derives from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) 'voice, sound' and αἰσθητική (aisthētikḗ) 'aesthetics'.

7. Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

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   Because of the nature of onomatopoeia, there are many words which show a similar pronunciation in the languages of the world. The following is a list of some conventional examples: The following is a list of some conventional examples:

8. Phonological development - Wikipedia

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   A study by Gathercole and Baddeley (1989) showed the importance of sound for early word meaning. [36] They tested the phonological memory of 4- and 5-year-old children, i.e., how well these children were able to remember a sequence of unfamiliar sounds. They found that children with better phonological memory also had larger vocabularies at ...

9. List of visual mnemonics - Wikipedia

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   A Russian mnemonic is that the waxing moon is right part of letter 'Р', which is the first letter of word растущая (growing), and the waning moon looks like 'C' which is first letter of the word стареющая (getting old). A Norwegian mnemonic is "When it looks like a comma, it's coming!"