ONOMATOPOEIA  , literally the making or formation of words (Gr. ovoµarozroua, from 6Po/2a, name, word,7roeeiv, to make), hence a See also:

• TERM

term used in See also:

• PHILOLOGY

philology for the formation of words by See also:

• IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation of natural sounds, e.g. hiss," " hush," " click." See also:

• MODERN

Modern philologists prefer the term " echoism," " echoic " for this See also:

• PROCESS

process, as suggesting the imitative repetition of the sounds heard . At one See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time there was an exaggerated tendency to find in echoism a See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal source in the origin and growth of See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language, ridiculed as the " See also:

• BOW (pronounced " bo ")

bow-wow " theory of language; it is now recognized that it has played only a limited See also:

• PART

part .