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  Japanese Language Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is "the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it" or "the use of words whose sound suggests the sense" (yourDictionary.com Quick Lookup).
In addition to those onomatopoeia which imitate the sounds of nature, called gisei-go in Japanese, Japanese recognizes two additional types of onomatopoeia: one that basically suggests states of the external world (gitai-go), and another that basically names internal mental conditions and sensations (gijoo-go).
The fact that whole dictionaries consisting of so-called Japanese onomatopoeia, gisei-go, gitai-go, and gijoo-go, exist testifies to the fact that many of these expressions are equally opaque and require interpretation to the Japanese themselves.
www.yourdictionary.com /library/japonoma.html   (405 words)

  
  What is Onomatopoeia?
As such, onomatopoeia is a rhetorical device: a language technique or device used to create an effect in or for the reader.
Onomatopoeia differs from cacophony, the intentional use of harsh sound for effect, as well as from euphony, the use of harmonious sounds, also for effect, although onomatopoeia may, depending on the item or action being imitated, fit into either of those categories.
Some musical onomatopoeia is associated with specific music instruments — the twang of a banjo or guitar, for example, or oompah for a tuba, or plunk for a keyboard.
www.wisegeek.com /what-is-onomatopoeia.htm   (497 words)

  
 Teach with Geronimo Stilton: Lesson Plan
Students will convey their understanding of onomatopoeia by reading it aloud and writing examples of it.
Tell them that their answers, which should include words such as "meow," "boom," and "honk," are all examples of onomatopoeia, the use of words that imitate sounds.
Onomatopoeia is an ancient Greek term that means "name-making," most likely because the meanings of onomatopoetic words are indeed made by sounds.
teacher.scholastic.com /lessonplans/geronimo/lessons/onomatopoeia.htm   (674 words)

  
 Onomatopoeia - Language Arts Lesson Plan, Thematic Unit, Activity, Worksheet, or Teaching Idea
While working with students in writers' workshop I observed that the students weren't using vivid imagery in their writing pieces and were lacking the sense of sound to get across ideas more accurately.
Onomatopoeias are words that illustrate sound such as bang, boom, click, swish, clap, creak and beep.
Tell the students, "As we read the poem, I want you to see if you can spot any onomatopoeias in the poem." When we are done reading the poem, I will ask for volunteers to come up and underline where they found onomatopoeias.
www.lessonplanspage.com /LAOnomatopoeiaInCreativeWritingMiniLesson24.htm   (992 words)

  
 Interview with Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is a vehicle which I use to create aural possibilities for certain scenarios.
Onomatopoeia will continue with this productive theory but with differing results.
Onomatopoeia is essentially you alone, although you have worked with Simon Monaghan.
media.hyperreal.org /zines/est/intervs/onomatop.html   (1427 words)

  
 ReadWriteThink: Lesson Plan: Buzz! Whiz! Bang! Using Comic Books to Teach Onomatopoeia
In this lesson, students will be introduced to onomatopoeia, which describes words that imitate the natural sound associated with an action or an object.
Close the lesson by discussing new or unusual onomatopoeias students found in their comics; add these to the class word wall or have students add them to their personal dictionaries.
Informally assess students' understanding of onomatopoeia, their ability to locate onomatopoetic words, and their grasp of how and why onomatopoeia is used during the discussion in Session 1 and while you circulate as students are writing their own comics.
www.readwritethink.org /lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=867   (1734 words)

  
 Onomatopoeia and the Power of Naming
Onomatopoeia means the "formation of a word that sounds like its referent, as buzz, crack, cuckoo." [AHD] Onomatopoeia is composed from the Greek words onoma, "name," and poiein, "to make." [ibid.] The word’s adoption from Greek immediately helps explain its odd sound and appearance: onomatopoeia is a technical term.
That’s the case with onomatopoeia; it’s a term from the study of rhetoric.
However rhetorically, but not at all moot, words that sound like their referents are powerful because, in addition to the usual image that good speaking or writing provides, onomatopoetic words give an image a sonic element as well.
www.wdog.com /brian/Scriptorium/ono_naming.htm   (1315 words)

  
 CD Baby: ONOMATOPOEIA: Womb - from payplay
Based in Eugene Oregon since 1988, Onomatopoeia have been riding the gamut of musical experimentation, from the early influences of Industrial Noise/Dance of Psychic TV, Blackhouse, SPK, Einsturzende Neubauten, to the worldly cultural influences of the Middle East, India, China and ancient civilizations of the past.
These cultural influences have infused Onomatopoeia's live shows into multimedia events utilizing video, performance art, and audience participation, combining new technologies of today with various ancient cultural rituals of the past.
Onomatopoeia have recorded extensively the past 18 years, from club performances, outdoor festivals, live radio sessions, house parties, late night jam sessions, to field recordings at railroad yards and junk yards.
cdbaby.com /cd/onomatopoeia/from/payplay   (265 words)

  
 Japanese Onomatopoeia
They study the three main uses of onomatopoeia: to give a strong impression, to express things realistically, and to represent the rhythms of various activities.
For example, they note that Japanese onomatopoeia are repeated twice and appear to be used more frequently, etc. Based on the information that students gather from the jigsaw activity, the class creates a Venn diagram comparing Japanese and English onomatopoeia that is used throughout the lesson as additional information is gathered.
To familiarize themselves with the uses of onomatopoeia in English and Japanese, each group receives a list of English onomatopoetic words that they place into three categories: sound imitation (giseigo), condition or movement of things/people/animals (gitaigo), and “both.” Five words for each category are sufficient.
www.sedl.org /loteced/scenarios/japanese_onomatopoeia.html   (1529 words)

  
 ReadWriteThink: Lesson Plan: Onomatopoeia: A Figurative Language Mini-lesson
Test the Exploring Onomatopoeia Interactive on your computers to familiarize yourself with the tool and ensure that you have the Flash plug-in installed.
Project the definition of onomatopoeia using an overhead or LCD projector, or write the definition on the board.
Onomatopoeia is the literary device that relies on words that imitate the sound that they name.
www.readwritethink.org /lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=909   (1282 words)

  
 Onomatopoeia
A word that sounds like what it is describing is known as onomatopoeia.
If you think the word is an example of onomatopoeia put a capital O next to it, if not put a capital X next to it.
Copy this poem in your books and under line words, which are examples of onomatopoeia.
www.primaryresources.co.uk /english/PC_on.htm   (99 words)

  
 Image N Sound - Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is the imitation in words of the natural sounds of things.
In poetry this device uses words to make us hear how the object sounds and usually are action verbs or adjectives.
Onomatopoeia can add to the visual images of a poem, too.
www.eighthfloor.org /academy/jkrehbiel/image-sound/onomot.htm   (92 words)

  
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It is generally thought that the first words were sounds that suggested their meaning, a process we call "onomatopoeia".
Onomatopoeia is itself a made-up word from Latin and Greek, "onomato" meaning "name" as in nomenclature (our word "name " comes directly from "nomen" -- see how they sound alike?) and "poeia" meaning "to make" with a suggestion of making music as in a rhymed poem.
The usual examples of onomatopoeia are words like gargle, choke, buzz, wham, sneeze, hiccup, whiz, bong, boom.
www.coastnews.com /huck1018.htm   (641 words)

  
 Onomatopoeia - Uncyclopedia
Onomatopoeia is a word that resembles the sound that it is intended to
One interesting thing about onomatopoeia is that these words are written in different ways for different languages.
Oh, hmmm, and oh are also cases of onomatopoeia but the word "onomatopoeia" itself is not onomatopoeia.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Onomatopoeia   (498 words)

  
 00.05.11: Basic Reading of Sound Words-Onomatopoeia
“Onomatopoeia” is a word whose sound imitates the actual sound to which it refers, such as “pop,” “sizzle,” and “crash.” Poets use this device in which the words they use sound like the very thing being named or written about.
Since Onomatopoeia is a form of poetry with sound words as it focus, children will have very little difficulty in creating a word that imitates the sound it represents.
The musical experience with Onomatopoeia is continued by using sounds heard and by relating words to it and hopefully poetry begins-the rhythm of poetry put to music.
www.yale.edu /ynhti/curriculum/units/2000/5/00.05.11.x.html   (3803 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Jazz Up Your Japanese with Onomatopoeia: For All Levels: Books: Hiroko Fukuda,Tom Gally   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Onomatopoeia is one of the most outstanding features of the Japanese language.
Onomatopoeia must be seen in action for that to happen.
While in English, such words are often associated with animal noises and children's tales, Japanese uses onomatopoeia widely, in anything from literature to everyday adult conversations, and to express everything from a simple sound to a complex emotional state.
www.amazon.com /Jazz-Up-Your-Japanese-Onomatopoeia/dp/477002956X   (2787 words)

  
 COMICS IN THE CLASSROOM:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Explain to students that an onomatopoeia is a word whose sound makes you think of their meanings.
Have them copy the definition on to their worksheet - "Onomatopoeia is the use of words whose sounds make you think of their meanings.
Brainstorm as a class to come up with as many examples of onomatopoeias as possible.
comicsintheclassroom.net /xlessononomatopoeia.html   (214 words)

  
 Onomatopoeia at AllExperts
In rhetoric, linguistics and poetry, onomatopoeia is a figure of speech that employs a word, or occasionally, a grouping of words, that imitates the sound it is describing, and thus suggests its source object, such as "bang" or "click", or animal such as "moo", "quack" or "meow".
It is sometimes the case that an item of onomatopoeia describes a phenomenon apart from the aural.
The Japanese language is especially renowned for utilizing onomatopoeia to describe soundless concepts.
en.allexperts.com /e/o/on/onomatopoeia.htm   (953 words)

  
 Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is a figure of speech in which words are used to imitate sounds.
Poetry is piece of literature written by a poet in meter or verse expressing various emotions which are expressed by the use of variety of techniques including metaphors, similes and onomatopoeia.
The emphasis on the aesthetics of language and the use of techniques such as repetition, meter and rhyme are what are commonly used to distinguish poetry from prose.
www.types-of-poetry.org.uk /76-onomatopoeia.htm   (365 words)

  
 lesson9   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Onomatopoeia is the imitation of natural sounds in word form.
The other group should write a person's name, a place or a thing that first comes to their mind when they hear the word.
For homework, find at least 5 examples of onomatopoeia in the comic strip section of the newspaper.
volweb.utk.edu /Schools/bedford/harrisms/lesson9.htm   (195 words)

  
 The Mavens' Word of the Day   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Onomatopoeia is the rhetorical term for 'the formation of a word, such as "cuckoo," "boom," or "hiss," by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent'.
Onomatopoeia is derived through Latin from Greek onomatopoiía, which means 'the making of words'.
Onomatopoeia is, like many rhetorical terms, first recorded in the sixteenth century.
www.randomhouse.com /wotd/index.pperl?date=19970320   (210 words)

  
 Rich Language: Onomatopoeia
Besides being a difficult word to spell, an onomatopoeia is a word which attempts to describe a sound through imitation, such as boing, ding, or buzzer, or Spiderman's BAF!
These words may have been true onomatopoeia in times past, although their age helps this distinction to fade.
The word "crash" descends from the Middle English "crasschen" which first appeared in the 14th century with no identifiable heritage and is assumed to be onomatopoeic.
www.richlanguage.com /archives/onomatopoeia.html   (334 words)

  
 Onomatopoeia
An onomatopoeia is a type of word that sounds like the thing it is describing.
Match the following sentences to the onomatopoeia that describes them.
Put each of the onomatopoeias into a sentence.
www.primaryresources.co.uk /english/onomat.htm   (33 words)

  
 Onomatopoeia - Glossary Definition - UsingEnglish.com
Home > Reference > Glossary > O > Onomatopoeia
An onomatopoeia is a word which imitates the sound it represents.
Browse the following links to other content related to 'Onomatopoeia' from the 'Pronunciation' grammar category:
www.usingenglish.com /glossary/onomatopoeia.html   (110 words)

  
 Language Miniatures 95: Onomatopoeia around the world   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
As you say these words, you can hear each of these different sounds that objects make, and there are lots more of them.
That's onomatopoeia, using speech sounds to mimic sounds we hear around us.
But we have to keep a healthy skepticism here, because trying to assign all sounds to some underlying emotion gets us onto a very slippery slope, into an area where we inevitably find what we want to find.
home.bluemarble.net /~langmin/miniatures/onomato.htm   (612 words)

  
 English - Grammar - Onomatopoeia: Learn
When a word sounds like the thing it describes, this is onomatopoeia.
Onomatopoeia is used a lot in comics, nursery rhymes, and poetry.
'Onomatopoeia' is the only case in English of a word which has a direct connection with the thing it describes.
www.buzzin.net /english/onomat.htm   (134 words)

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