phonesthemes



Phonesthemes
Definition
A phonestheme is a particular sound or sound sequence that (at least in a general way) suggests a certain meaning. Adjective: phonesthemic.
For example, in words like glimmer, glitter, and glisten, the initial gl- phonestheme is associated with vision or light. (Words related in this fashion are called phonestheme groups or phonestheme clusters.)
Phonesthemes can appear anywhere in a word—in an initial, medial, or final position.


Example of phonesthemes
in words such as bump, chump, dump, hump, lump, mump, stump and thump, the phonestheme ump is associated with heaviness and clumsiness.

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