Ideophone
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An ideophone is a member of the class of words that depict sensory imagery or sensations, evoking ideas of action, sound, movement, color, or shape. The class of ideophones is the least common syntact
A sculpture demonstrating an example of Japanese sound symbolism, "jaan!" (ジャーン)
Ideasthesia
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Ideasthesia is a neuropsychological phenomenon in which activations of concepts evoke perception-like sensory experiences. The name comes from the Ancient Greek ἰδέα and αἴσθησις, meaning 'sensing con
Ideophone
…I stood motionless before him.' Ideasthesia Sound symbolism (phonosemantics…
A drawing by a synesthete which illustrates time unit-space synesthesia/ideasthesia. The months in a year are organized into a circle surrounding the synesthete's body, each month having a fixed location in space and a unique color.