Do animals speak different languages? The following essay tells us about onomatopoeic words in Polish, Russian and English languages
Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: The work is dedicated to the analysis and comparison of animal onomatopoeias in Polish, Russian and English languages. Its aim is to reveal the similarities and differences in the speech and structure of onomatopoeic words which imitate animal voices in the three studied languages and their psycho phonological analysis. The studied material has been chosen from Polish, Russian and English children’s literature. The conducted analysis allows to draw some conclusions: onomatopoeias in different, even not related languages, often have similar structure and sound. The differences between them are the result of different perception of animal voices and language limitations. Animal onomatopoeias are an excellent illustration of the theory of sound symbolism – the sounds appearing in them are closely related to the animal character, its size and its habits.
Source: Annales Neophilologiarum
Author: Dorota Dziadosz
Institution: University of Szczecin
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2615361720