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- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125403
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85125403#concept
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- Phonetic symbolism
- Phonosemantics
- Symbolism, Phonetic
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Sources
- found: Crystal, D. A Dictionary of linguistics and phonetics, 2008, via Credo reference April 27, 2019:sound symbolism (A term used in semiotics and linguistics to refer to a direct association between the form and the meaning of language: the sounds used reflect properties of the external world, as in cases of onomatopoeia (e.g. cuckoo, murmur, crash) and other forms of synaesthesia)
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Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2019-07-12: revised
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