LLCU 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Semiosphere, Onomatopoeia, Anthropomorphism

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures
• Course: LLCU 200
• Professor: Donato Santeramo

Document Summary

Name: all these are constructive by the words (words are made of full means; minimal sound units) We diferentiate the words by little things (ex. Words play important part in our world (words can be iconic) Some words that creates sound of symbolism (some words have certain meanings; words begin with sh and gl would be connected to light)= shine, glimmer, glim, glow. The word begins with sl-: most words are unpleasant signiication (ex. Exists in many languages that there are words that begin with certain letter that indicates the symbolic signiication. Relationship amongst the words (synonym: example as huge and large) Diferent words stand in opposite meanings (ex. Love and heat relationship & hot- cold relationship) He is snake (indicating that he is slimy) = comparing the metaphor for physical comparison and cultural components of snake regarding as a bad thing.