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Phonaesthetics (from the Template:Lang-grc-gre phōnē, "voice-sound"; and αἰσθητική aisthētikē, "aesthetics") is a branch of phonetics concerned with "the possible connection between sound sequences and meaning", according to Raymond Hickey.[1] Linguist David Crystal defines phonaesthetics as "a term sometimes used in linguistics to refer to the study of the aesthetic properties of sound".[2] According to Crystal:
Examples include the implication of smallness in the close vowels of such words as teeny weeny, and the unpleasant associations of the consonant cluster sl- in such words as slime, slug, and slush.[3]
Euphony and cacophony
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Euphony
Euphony is used for effects which are pleasant, rhythmical and harmonious.[4][5][6] An example of euphony is the poem Some Sweet Day.
Some day Love shall claim his own
Some day Right ascend his throne,
Some day hidden Truth be known;
Some day—some sweet day.— "Some Sweet Day", Lewis J. Bates
Cacophony
Cacophony consists of harsh, often discordant sounds. These sounds are often meaningless and jumbled together.[7] A discordant series of harsh, unpleasant sounds helps to convey disorder. This is often furthered by the combined effect of the meaning and the difficulty of pronunciation. For example:
My stick fingers click with a snicker
And, chuckling, they knuckle the keys;
Light-footed, my steel feelers flicker
And pluck from these keys melodies.— "Player Piano", John Updike[8]
See also
- Affection (linguistics)
- Assimilation (linguistics)
- Dissimilation
- Epenthesis
- Inherently funny word
- Japanese sound symbolism
- Onomatopoeia
- Phonaesthesia
- Phonosemantics
- Sandhi ("euphonic" rules in Sanskrit grammar)
- Vogon poetry
- Vowel harmony
Notes
- ^ Hickey, Raymond (2013). A Dictionary of Varieties of English. John Wiley & Sons. p. 514. ISBN 111858404X.
- ^ Crystal, David (2011). Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. John Wiley & Sons. p. 364. ISBN 9781444356755.
- ^ Crystal, David (2001). A Dictionary of Language. University of Chicago Press. p. 260. ISBN 9780226122038.
- ^ "CACOPHONY, Literary Terms and Definition by Carson-Newman University". Retrieved 2013-09-10.
- ^ "Definition of Cacophony". Retrieved 2013-09-10.
- ^ Elizabeth, Mary; Podhaizer, Mary Elizabeth (2001). "Euphony". Painless Poetry. Barron's Educational Series. ISBN 978-0-7641-1614-8.
- ^ "Cacophony". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ "Poetic Devices" (PDF). chaparralpoets.org. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
Further reading
- Ross Smith, Inside Language: Linguistic and Aesthetic Theory in Tolkien, Walking Tree Publishers (2007), ISBN 978-3-905703-06-1.