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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: NUM-ORC |
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ONOMATOPOEIA , literally the making or formation of words (Gr. ovoarozroua, from 6Po/2a, name, word,7roeeiv, to make), hence a term
philology
imitation of natural sounds, e.g. hiss," " hush," " click." Modern
term
process
time
principal
language , ridiculed as the " bow-wow " theory of language ; it is now recognized that it has played only a limited part
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