What sound does a French duck make? (Or onomatopoeia in different languages) | OxfordWords blog - 1 views
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Lara Cowell on 08 Nov 15Hearing is important for humans to understand the world around them and it lies in our nature to want to describe what we hear. To do this, we frequently make use of onomatopoeias. But what exactly is an onomatopoeia? It is 'the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named'. This blog post offers a cross-linguistic peek at onomatopoeia.