Onomatopoeia

Literary/ Cultural Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)
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  • The Literary Encyclopedia. WORLD HISTORY AND IDEAS: A CROSS-CULTURAL VOLUME.

The use of words to imitate non-verbal sound, for example 'hiss', 'bang', 'pop' or even 'kerpow'.

16 words

Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Onomatopoeia". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 November 2001 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=793, accessed 23 November 2024.]

793 Onomatopoeia 2 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

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