The accentual structure of English words
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 559.
Phonetic Symbolism
No orthography is capable of reflecting the exact pronunciation of the language
Transcription – graphical designation of phonemes, stress etc.
Transliteration – representation of pronunciation of one language by means of other language.
“There are some words that we feel to be more adequate to express certain ideas. We feel that ‘roll' is more adequate than ‘êàòàòü', because the very sounding of ‘roll' make it more expressive” (c) Otto Espreson
Ph. Symbolism is connected with poetry.
There are 3 kindsof Ph. Symbolism in poetry:
-onomatopoeia (murmur, whisper, moan)
-special sounds that are difficult to articulate, good to reflect violent moves, attacks
-sp sounds which themselves suggest mng – phonetic intensives or phonesthemes.
| Sound combination | What expresses | example |
| fl | Moving light | Flash Flare Flame |
| Visible move | Fly flee | |
| gl | light | Glow Glitter glare |
| b | impact | Bang Bump boom |
| bl | Impetus use of air | Blow Blizzard Bluster |
| gr | roughness | Grind Grit Gravel grizzly |
| skr | Getting impact | Scrape scrabble |
| sp | A point | Spot Spark |
| Jerking start | Spring Spray | |
| str | Sense of thinness | Straw Straight String |
| pl | Stepping or falling | Plunge Play Plug |
| sn | Smth with nose | Sneeze Snore Sniff |
| st | Succession of action | Stay Stop |
Fs:to differentiate V from Nimport-import
Presyntactic w combination from compound wsblackbird - black bird
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