Essays about: "mimes"

Found 1 essay containing the word mimes.

  1. 1. Snap! Crack! Pop! : A corpus study of the meanings of three English onomatopoeia

    University essay from Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

    Author : Oskar Rydblom; [2010]
    Keywords : Snap; crack; pop; onomatopoeia; semantics; sound symbolism; mimes; style; ideophones; register; non arbitrariness;

    Abstract : The focus of this essay is on examining the meanings of the onomatopoeia (sound imitating words) snap, crack and pop. Previous studies on onomatopoeia and sound symbolism are used to define the terms and create a model for an alternative categorization of these meanings. READ MORE