2018-03-21 Pronunciation: onomatopoeia

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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onomatopoeia = a word that sounds similar to what it means
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Handout part 1 - Match the situations with the sounds that they make.
1 smash (this is also a verb)
2 pop (this is also a verb)
3 bang (this verb means something different)
4 crunch (this can be a verb)
5 click (this is a verb)
6 growl (this is a verb)
7 tinkle (this verb means to pee)
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part 2 - Complete the sentences
1 tick-tock (The clock ticks.)
2 ding
3 crackled
4 popping
5 chirp (Birds can also tweet, twitter, and caw.)
6 snapped
7 Ah-choo!
8 pitter-patter
9 snapped
10 creaked
11 swish
12 splash (big waves crash)
13 boom
14 bang
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Words like “sneeze”, “sniff”, “snot”, “snout”, “snore” have to do with the nose, and we could describe the sn = nose connection as sound symbolism.
Another example is when words with ‘e’ or ‘i’ mean small things and words with ‘o’ or ‘u’ mean big things.
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part 3 - What would you say in each of these situations? (And what’s the actual sound that word represents?)
1 Oops! (or “Uh-oh” or “Oh shit!”)
2 Ah hah!
3 Mmm.
4 Phew!
5 Shh
6 Splash
7 Whew! (This is supposed to be a sigh of relief.)
8 Ouch!
9 Hah!
10 Hmm
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interjection = words (or sounds) you might say to show how you feel, which don’t carry grammatical meaning
There are other sounds we might use this way that are not really possible to spell.
tsk (or sometimes (“tisk”)
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How do animals “sound” in your language?
cock-a-doodle-doo
http://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/personal/dabbott/animal.html
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Homework: Handout - circle the onomatopoeic word and then write who or what made the noise