Definition of phonaesthetics in English:
phonaesthetics
(US phonesthetics)
plural nounˌfəʊnəsˈθɛtɪks
treated as singular The study of the aesthetic properties of speech sound, in particular the study of sound sequences, as in phonaesthesia.
Example sentencesExamples
- A few studies of phonaesthetics are well-known for the cleverness of their design and the nebulosity of their results.
- They tend to come under an area of linguistics called phonaesthetics which deals with sounds and our preferences for them.
Derivatives
adjective
Children's writers make use of onomatopoeic and phonaesthetic words to good effect.