Timeline for Word that "sounds" like its meaning, not onomatopoeia (ex. twinkle)
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| Jul 2, 2023 at 15:38 | history | edited | Heartspring | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 31, 2019 at 16:13 | comment | added | J. Taylor | Ken, the question is asking for a word that covers words that sound like their meaning. You have given an example of such a word, but not what was sought, which was a word for that class of words. | |
| Jul 31, 2019 at 14:48 | history | protected | Mitch | ||
| Jul 31, 2019 at 14:20 | comment | added | Ken Brown | I know exactly what you mean. My example would be a British word like doolally. Somehow it's meaning sounds right for the sound of the word. | |
| Apr 28, 2019 at 14:03 | answer | added | Caitlin | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 23, 2018 at 18:39 | vote | accept | Benjamin Shaffer | ||
| Jul 19, 2018 at 5:47 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/1019820950169190406 | ||
| Jul 19, 2018 at 1:28 | answer | added | 1006a | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jul 18, 2018 at 22:55 | comment | added | John Lawler |
Here's the complete set of simplex words with TW- assonance. As you can see, it's 100% coherent, which means all the words are associated with one or more semantic loci.
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| Jul 18, 2018 at 22:50 | history | edited | John Lawler | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 18, 2018 at 22:38 | answer | added | Oosaka | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 18, 2018 at 21:34 | answer | added | RaceYouAnytime | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 18, 2018 at 20:48 | comment | added | Lambie | I just don't understand it. I can't understand what you are looking for. I am not criticizing anything at all. | |
| Jul 18, 2018 at 20:19 | comment | added | Benjamin Shaffer | @Lambie while I agree this is subjective I don't think that is contrary to the point? Even if you disagree about the sound, I am still looking for a word to describe the effect. | |
| Jul 18, 2018 at 19:34 | comment | added | Lambie | I have no idea what you mean because twinkle is a verb; sludge and bell are nouns. I don't think you can say that twinkle sounds sparkly. It doesn't have any sound at all....and bang, boom and tic are not necessarily onomatopoeic words, either. | |
| Jul 18, 2018 at 19:23 | comment | added | Phil Sweet | You sometimes see it listed as imitative | |
| Jul 18, 2018 at 19:22 | answer | added | Mitch | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jul 18, 2018 at 19:04 | comment | added | Arm the good guys in America | It's absolutely subjective. To me, twinkie sounds hard and heavy. | |
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| Jul 18, 2018 at 17:38 | history | asked | Benjamin Shaffer | CC BY-SA 4.0 |