Onomatopoeia

//__Onomatopoeia __//


 * Definition:: **The formation of a word by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its reference.


 * Origin:: **Latin, Greek


 * See also:: **[|Echoism]

Definition taken from (Dictionary.com)


 * Examples ** from text:

1) In //The True History of Little Goldenhood// by Andrew Lang, the wolf is approaching the grandma's house, " Thereupon the Wolf cuts across the wood, and in five minutes arrives at the Grandmother's house. He knocks at the door: toc, toc."
 * The knock at the door is expressed by describing the sound that is made, "toc toc". This is a reference to the sound of the wolf's knuckles rapping against the door.

2) In the short story by Richard Garnett, //The Demon Pope//, Lucifer is being gagged and goes, "Bub-ub-bub-boo".
 * Though this is not a word, it is imitating the sound of the devil as he is struggling, since he is unable to talk.

3) In the NPR story by Lisa Sarasohn, //Poetry at Six//, Rose is describing her morning at the hospital, "The newly installed pacemaker modulates Mrs. Robertson's heartbeat: lub DUB."
 * "lub DUB" is describing the heart beat of the patient, since imitating the sound of a beating heart.

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