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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The practice of creating words or language by imitating sounds from the environment..
One possibility is that language developed from echoism, i.e. from attempts of early humans to imitate natural sounds and react vocally to emotions.
That is the simple account of the motivation for the phenomenon of sound symbolism or echoism.
Use echoism when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Echoism means The practice of creating words or language by imitating sounds from the environment..
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One possibility is that language developed from echoism, i.e. from attempts of early humans to imitate natural sounds and react vocally to emotions.
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