different between ideophone vs phenomime

English

Etymology

James F. Fordyce (The Ideophone as a Phonosemantic Class: The Case of Yoruba, in Current approaches to African linguistics, Ivan R. Dihoff (ed.), page 263) credits C. M. Doke with introducing the term in 1935.

Noun

ideophone (plural ideophones)

1. A word that utilizes sound symbolism to express aspects of events that can be experienced by the senses, like smell, color, shape, sound, action, or movement.
   • 1969 October, William J. Samarin, The Art of Gbeya Insults, in International Journal of American Linguistics 35(4), page 325, JSTOR

     In insults the ideophone occurs either in its characteristic position, the verb phrase, or uncharacteristically as a modifier in a noun phrase.

Derived terms

• ideophonic

Translations

See also

• phonosemantic
• phonaesthesia
• onomatopoeia

English

Etymology

pheno- +? mime

Noun

phenomime (plural phenomimes)

1. (linguistics) A word or phrase that mimics a certain physical form or motion

Synonyms

• ideophone

Related terms

• phonomime
• psychomime

Translations