quite different sound in different languages. For example, English dogs bark (cf. the Ukr. or howl (cf. гавкати) the Ukr. The English cock cries cock-a-doodle-doo (cf. вити). the Ukr. In England ducks quack and frogs croak ку-ка-рі-ку). cf. the Ukr. said about ducks and said about крякати квакати frogs). It is only English and Ukrainian cats who seem capable of mutual understanding when they meet, for English cats mew or miaow (meow). The same can be said about cows: they moo (but also low). Some names of animals and especially of birds and insects are also produced by sound-imitation: crow, cuckoo, humming-bird, whip-poor-will, cricket. There are some semantic groups of words formed with the aid of sound imitation a) sounds produced by human beings, such as: to whisper, to giggle, to mumble, to sneeze, to etc. b) sounds produced by animals, birds, insects, whistle, such as: etc., to hiss, to buzz, to bark, to moo, to twitter, c) sounds produced by nature and objects, such as: to splash, to etc. The rustle, to clatter, to bubble, to ding-dong, to tinkle, corresponding nouns are formed by means of conversion, e. g. (of a bell), (of children), etc. clang chatter the Water Come Down R. Southey’s poem “How Does at is a classical example of the stylistic possibilities Lodore” offered by onomatopoeia: the words in it sound an echo of what the poet sees and describes. Here it comes sparkling, And there it flies darkling ... Eddying whisking, and Spouting frisking, and ... And whizzing and hissing, ... And guggling and struggling, ... And bubbling and troubling and doubling, flapping rapping clapping slapping And and and and ... thumping pumping bumping jumping, And and and and
quite different sound in different languages. For example, English dogs bark (cf. the Ukr. гавкати) or howl (cf. the Ukr. вити). The English cock cries cock-a-doodle-doo (cf. the Ukr. ку-ка-рі-ку). In England ducks quack and frogs croak cf. the Ukr. крякати said about ducks and квакати said about frogs). It is only English and Ukrainian cats who seem capable of mutual understanding when they meet, for English cats mew or miaow (meow). The same can be said about cows: they moo (but also low). Some names of animals and especially of birds and insects are also produced by sound-imitation: crow, cuckoo, humming-bird, whip-poor-will, cricket. There are some semantic groups of words formed with the aid of sound imitation a) sounds produced by human beings, such as: to whisper, to giggle, to mumble, to sneeze, to whistle, etc. b) sounds produced by animals, birds, insects, such as: to hiss, to buzz, to bark, to moo, to twitter, etc., c) sounds produced by nature and objects, such as: to splash, to rustle, to clatter, to bubble, to ding-dong, to tinkle, etc. The corresponding nouns are formed by means of conversion, e. g. clang (of a bell), chatter (of children), etc. R. Southey’s poem “How Does the Water Come Down at Lodore” is a classical example of the stylistic possibilities offered by onomatopoeia: the words in it sound an echo of what the poet sees and describes. Here it comes sparkling, And there it flies darkling ... Eddying and whisking, Spouting and frisking, ... And whizzing and hissing, ... And guggling and struggling, ... And bubbling and troubling and doubling, And flapping and rapping and clapping and slapping ... And thumping and pumping and bumping and jumping,