imitative harmony
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[edit]Noun
[edit]imitative harmony (plural imitative harmonies)
- Onomatopoeia.
- 1869, J. G. Hincks, “The Process of Derivation of the Spanish Language from the Latin”, in Anthropological Review, volume 7, number 25, page 158:
- Primitive languages being founded on the direct imitation of natural sounds, necessarily abound in imitative harmony.
- 1966, H. A. Grubbs, “Review: Stange Clamor, A Guide to the Critical Reading of French Poetry by Frederick O. Musser”, in The Modern Language Journal, volume 50, number 3, page 170:
- The chapter on "Sound" discussed completely and interestingly what is often called by the rather barbarous name onomatopoeia and for which I prefer imitative harmony.